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PROLOGUE. 


"  If  I  lose  a  scruple  of  this  sport, 
Let  me  be  boiled  to  death  with  melancholy." 

{{I      RIENDS,  Romans  and  countrymen,"  and  ye  6  i  it  olio  i  in 
1^       general,  lend   us  your  ears,   eyes   and  attention  !     The 
Prestidigitateur  stands  before  }rou,    and,    while   he   yet 
™  speaks,  he  suddenly  withdraws  the  cloth  that  screens 

the  hidden  mystery  upon  his  table,  and  lo  !  he  reveals  to  your  as- 
tonished gaze— the  model  class  !  whose  deeds  and  misdeeds  are 
herein  duly  set  forth  and  chronicled  for  the  benefit  of  posterity. 
Yes,  we  hear  your  applause,  and  in  the  name  of  the  class,  The  Rec- 
ord Committee  bows  its  acknowledgment  thereof ;  yet,  at  the  same 
time,  it — that  is,  we — that  is,  the  Committee — desires  to  offer  a  few 
words  by  way  of  a  ' '  starter  ' ' — as  a  sort  of ' '  sherry  and  bitters  " — in 
order  that  our  appearances  and  intentions  may  not  be  misconstrued. 
Imprimis,  The  Record  Committee  takes  this  opportunity  of  thrust- 
ing upon  its  readers  the  — th  consecutive  product  of  the  budding 
literary  genius  of  a  Senior  Class.  This  same  genius,  as  we  have  inti- 
mated, buds  annually  with  greater  or  less  success;  but  the  present 
Record  Committee  of  the  Class  of  Ninety  calls  the  meeting  to  order 
with  a  modest  sense  of  its  entire  ability  to  carry  its  vast  project 
through  to  success,  and  so  makes  no  apology  for  living.  Do  not, 
indulgent  reader,  blame  this  self-satisfied  air  with  which  you  will 
observe  we  are  impregnated.  It  is  not  our  fault — Neilson  is  a 
member  of  the  Committee. 

As  to  The  Record  itself,  the  statement  may  not  be  out  of  place 
that  it  is  the  first,  last  and  only  literary  production  of  the  class,  for 
which  fact  some — perchance  all — of  our  readers  may  be  thankful 


on  arriving  at  our  eastern  terminus.  The  Committee  appreciates 
the  fact  that  it  runs  a  fearful  risk  in  calling  its  production  literary, 
when  judged  by  the  standard  of  the  work — par  excellence — of  the 
19th  century — "The  Structure  of  English  Prose;"  but  then  it 
is  bold,  you  know,  and  presumes  on  the  dictum,  "  A  cat  may  look 
at  a  king."  The;  Record,  as  a  first  production,  doubtless  has 
many  blemishes;  but  as  a  latest  production  the  Committee  hopes 
that  the  indulgent  reader  (please  pardon  the  triteness  of  this  expres- 
sion) will  see  in  its  pages  much  that  is  worthy  of  commendation,  as 
well  as  of  honest  mirth.  To  all  those  who  fail  to  derive  amusement 
from  them  we  would  suggest  a  visit  to  an  M.D.  for  treatment  of  the 
liver.     Nothing  else  will  suffice. 

But  further  comment  on  The  Record  would  be  out  of  place. 
We  have  made  our  entrance,  our  bow,  and  we  have  struck  the  key- 
note. If  The  Record  has  any  trumpet  to  blow,  it  will  crack  its 
own  cheeks  in  the  attempt  to  catch  the  pitch  given  by  the  Com- 
mittee. It  only  remains  for  us  to  tender  our  most  heartfelt  thanks 
to  the  Faculty  in  general,  and  to  Little  Lord  McElroy  in  particular, 
all  of  whom,  by  the  considerate  offer  of  their  persons  to  be  trans- 
fixed, like  modern  St.  Sebastians,  with  the  arrows  of  trenchant  wit, 
have  materially  helped  us  in  making  The  Record  what  it  is.  For 
what  it  is  not,  or  for  what  it  might  be,  the  Committee  declines  to 
hold  itself  responsible. 

And  now, 

"  L,ay  on,  Mac  Duff! 
And  damned  be  he  that  first  cries,  '  Hold,  enough  ! '  " 


. 


SENIORS. 

"Most  Potent,  Grave  and  Reverend  Signiors." 

Class  Officers. 
President :  John  Hill  Brinton,  Jr. 
Vice-President :  Henry  Warren  Kilburn  Hale. 

Secretary :  Manzo  Kushida. 
Treasurer :  Nelson  Baum  Mayer. 

Executive  Committee. 
Lewis  Audenried,  Chairman, 
William  Henry  Trotter,  Jr.,  Henry  Warren  Kilburn  Hale, 

Joseph  MacGregor  Miteheson,  James  Hartley  Merrick. 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  CLASS. 


Benjamin  Curtis  Allen,  ZVr,  Arts  (Quondam). 

Vice-President,  First  Term,  Sophomore  Year  ;  member  Athletic  Committee, 
Freshman  Year ;  member  Supper  and  Executive  Committees,  Second  Term,  Sopho- 
more Year  ;  member  Class  Football,  Baseball  and  Cricket  Teams,  Freshman  and 
Sophomore  Years  ;  member  Tennis  Pair,  Sophomore  Year  ;  member  Gun  Club,  Tennis 
and  Cricket  Association;  '90's  Gun  Club,  Mathematical  Club  and  Racket  Club  ; 
understudy  for  Daughter  of  the  Megarian  in  "  Acharnians."  Iyeft  Class  end  Sopho- 
more Year. 

David  Guy  Anderson,  Science  (Special,  Quondam). 

I,eft  Class  end  Junior  Year. 

John  Antrobus,  Arts  (Quondam). 

Left  Class  end  Junior  Year. 

Lewis  Audenried,  Wharton  School. 

Member  Executive  and  Supper  Committees,  Second  Term,  Freshman  Year; 
Athletic  Director,  First  Term,  Sophomore  Year  ;  Treasurer,  Junior  Year  ;  member 
Supper  Committee,  Sophomore  Year ;  member  Junior  Ball,  Supper  and  Mock  Pro- 
gramme (Chairman)  Committees,  Junior  Year ;  member  Ivy  Ball,  Supper,  Execu- 
tive (Chairman),  Football  Championship  Cup  (Chairman)  and  Memorial  Commit- 
tees, Senior  Year;  member  Executive  Committee  I.  C.  A.  A.  of  Pa.  (Chairman), 
Junior  Year;  member  Seminar,  Senior  Year;  member  Standing  Committee  on  Track 
Athletics,  University  of  Pennsylvania  A.  A.,  Senior  Year;  Undergraduate  member 
Mid- Winter  Sports  Committee,  Senior  Year  ;  member  Class  Football  Team,  Freshman, 
Sophomore  (Captain),  Junior  and  Senior  Years  ;  member  Class  Tug  of  War  Team, 
Freshman  Year  ;  member  Class  Crew,  Sophomore  Year ;  member  College  Football 
Team,  Sophomore,  Junior  and  Senior  Years;  Third  Honor,  both  Terms,  Freshman 
Year. 

George  Washington  Babcock,  (PJ0,  Arts. 

Entered  Class  beginning  Senior  Year. 

John  Barker,  &KI,  Arts  (Quondam). 

Member  Executive  and  "Yell"  Committees,  Freshman  Year.  Left  College 
end  Sophomore  Year. 

William  Batchelor,  Science  (Quondam). 

Member  Football  Team  and  Tug  of  War  Team,  Freshman  Year.  Left  Class  end 
Freshman  Year. 

John  Joseph  Borie,  d<P  Science  (Special). 

Designer  Front  Page  of  Cremation  Programme;  Member  Record  Committee. 

Charles  Shinier  Boyer,  Science. 

Member  Baseball  Committee,  Freshman,  Sophomore,  Junior  and  Senior  Years; 
member  Executive  Committee,  Junior  Year  (Chairman);  "  Dean  Kendall  "  Resolution 
Committee,  Junior  Year  ;  member  Class  Football  Team,  Sophomore,  Junior  and  Senior 
Years  ;  member  Class  Cricket  Team,  Freshman  and  Junior  Years  ;  member  Class 
Baseball  Team,  Freshman,  Sophomore,  Junior  and  Senior  Years;  member  '90's  Chemi- 
cal Society  ;  Secretary  in  Sophomore  Year  and  Treasurer  in  Junior  Year  of  College 
Baseball  Association;  Third  Honor,  First  Term,  Freshman  Year. 

Richard  Hart  Bradbury,  Science  (Special). 


John  Hill  Brinton,  (PA1\  Arts. 

Member  Supper  Committee  (Chairman),  Bowl  Committee,  Athletic  Committee 
and  History  Committee,  and  Vice-President  in  Freshman  Year  ;  member  Supper  Com- 
mittee. Executive  Committee  (Chairman),  Second  Term,  and  Bowl  Committee,  Sopho- 
more Year  ;  member  Junior  Ball  Committee  (Chairman),  and  "  Furness  "  Resolutions 
Committee,  Junior  Year;  President  of  Class  in  Senior  Year;  member  Class  Football 
Team,  Junior  and  Senior  Years;  member  Cricket  Team,  Freshman  and  Junior  Years; 
member  Baseball  Team,  Junior  Year;  member  "  University  of  Pennsylvania  Reserves  " 
Team,  Senior  Year;  member  Cricket  Association;  member  Gun  Club;  member  Foot- 
ball Association;  Treasurer  Gun  Club,  Junior  Year;  President  Gun  Club,  Senior  Year; 
member  College  Football  Committee,  Freshman  Year;  one  of  the  "  Toxotae  "  in  the 
"Acharuians;"  member  College  Shooting  Team,  Captain  Class  Shooting  Team,  Fresh- 
man, Sophomore  and  Junior  Years;  Third  Honor,  First  Term,  Freshman  Year. 

Herbert  Charles  Brown,  Arts  (Quondam). 

Member  Class  Crew,  Freshman  Year;  Third  Honor,  First  Term,  Freshman  Year; 
Second  Honor,  Second  Term,  Freshman  Year;  Second  Honor,  both  Terms,  Sophomore 
Year.     Left  Class  end  Sophomore  Year. 

David  Ja}rne  Bullock,  Biology  (Special). 

Josiah  Travella  Bunting,  Biology  (Special). 

Clarence  Chew  Burger,  Science. 

Member  '90's  Chemical  Club. 

William  Herbert  Burk,  Arts. 

Member  Philomatheau  Society,  Secretary,  Second  Term,  Sophomore,  Moderator, 
First  Term  Senior,  Recorder,  Second  Term,  Senior;  member  75th  Anniversary  Com- 
mittee; member  Church  Club,  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Senior  Year;  member  Execu- 
tive Committee,  Second  Term,  "  W.  W.  Barr,  Jr.,"  Committee  and  Bowl  Recovery 
Committee,  Sophomore  Year;  member  Commencement  and  Anti-Coeducation  Com- 
mittee, Senior  Year;  member  Washington's  Birthday  Committee,  Sophomore  and 
Senior  Years;  member  English  Literature  Seminar,  Sophomore  Year;  Third  Honor, 
both  Terms,  Freshman,  Sophomore  and  Junior  Years,  and  also  First  Term,  Senior 
Year;  Second  Honor,  Second  Term,  Senior  Year. 

Robert  Bealle  Burk,  Arts. 

Second  Honor,  both  Terms,  Freshman  and  Sophomore  Years;  First  Honor,  both 
Terms,  Junior  and  Senior  Years;  "Quaternion  Prize,"  equally  with  J.  H.  Penniman, 
Junior  Year;  member  English  Literature  Seminar,  Sophomore  Year. 

Evaristo  Andrew  Calves,  Science. 

Member  Civil  Engineers'  Club,  English  Literature  Seminar,  Sophomore  Year; 
member  Mock  Programme  Committee,  Junior  Year;  Second  Honor,  both  Terms, 
Freshman  Year;  Third  Honor,  First  Term,  Sophomore,  First  Term,  Junior,  and  Second 
Term,  Senior  Years. 

John  Allen  Capp,  Science  (Special). 

Member  Class  Tug  of  War  Team,  Junior  Year;  member  Class  Football  Team, 
Junior  and  Senior  Years. 

William  Wilson  Chambers,  Science  (Special,  Quondam). 

Joseph  Warren  Coulston,  Jr.,  Arts. 

Secretary,  Second  Term,  Freshman  Year;  member  Supper  and  Executive  Com- 
mittees, Sophomore  Year;  member  Junior  Ball  and  Mock  Programme  Committee, 
Junior  Year;  member  Record  Committee  and  Ivy  Stone  Committee,  Senior  Year; 
member  Glee  Club,  Racket  Club,  and  Mask  and  Wig;  manager  Glee  Club,  Senior 
Year;  Editor  Red  and  Blue,  Junior  and  Senior  Years;  Thracian  in  the  "  Acharnians;" 
"  River  Monster  "  and  "  Family  Herald  "  in  "  Lurline;  "  "  Servevou  "  in  "  Ben  Frank- 
lin, Jr.";  member  Philosophical  Seminar,  Senior  Year;  Third  Honor,  both  Terms, 
Freshman  Year  ;  Chairman  Commencement  Committee. 


Henry  Howard  Cressman,  Science  (Special). 

Member  Camera  Club;  won  Bicycle  Race,  College  Sports,  1889. 

Bernard  Alphonsus  Cullen,  Science  (Partial). 

Member  Civil  Engineers'  Club;  member  Class  Baseball  Team,  Junior  Year. 

James  Francis  Cullen,  Science  (Partial). 

Member  Civil  Engineers'  Club. 

George  Herbert  Dennison,  Arts. 

Member  Cricket  Association,  Camera  Club,  Church  Club,  Organist  Chapel  Choir, 
Junior  and  Senior  Years;  member  Philosophic  Seminar,  Senior  Year;  member  Chorus 
of  "  Lurline  "  and  "  Ben  Franklin,  Jr.;"  Third  Honor,  First  Term,  Senior  Year. 

Richard  Griffith  Develin,  Science  (Partial). 

vSecretary  Civil  Engineers'  Club,  Senior  Year. 

James  Whalley  Diggles,  Arts. 

Member  Church  Club;  Secretary  University  of  Pennsylvania  B.  B.  A.,  Junior 
Year;  President  University  of  Pennsylvania  B.  B.  A.,  Senior  Year;  member  Baseball 
and  Rowing  Committees,  Freshman,  Sophomore  and  Junior  Years,  and  Football  Com- 
mittee, Junior  Year;  member  Class  Football  Team,  Sophomore,  Junior  and  Senior 
Years;  member  Class  Cricket  Team,  Junior  Year;  member  Class  Baseball  Team, 
Freshman  (Captain),  Sophomore  (Captain)  and  Junior  Years;  member  Class  Crew, 
Sophomore  and  Junior  (Captain)  Years;  member  College  Football  Team,  Senior  Year; 
member  University  Freshman  Crew,  Freshman  Year;  member  College  Crew,  Sopho- 
more Year;  Bowl-man,  Senior  Year. 

Henry  Yale  Dolan,  Science  (Partial,  Quondam). 

Left  Class  in  Junior  Year. 

Chester  Nye  Farr,  Jr.,  Science  (Special). 

Member  Philomathean  Society;  member  Record,  Supper,  Iv}*-  Day  (Chairman) 
and  Symposium  Committees,  Senior  Year;  Editor  Pennsylvantan,  Fifth  "Board;  mem- 
ber Class  Football  Team,  Junior  and  Senior  Years;  member  Philosophical  Seminar, 
Senior  Year;  Class  Prophet,  Spoon-man. 

Joseph  Cooper  Ferguson,  Jr.,  Biology  (Special). 

Maurice  Mayer  Feustmann,  Science. 

Member  Chemical  Society;  Commencement  Committee,  Senior  Year;  Third 
Honor,  both  Terms,  Junior  Year,  and  First  Term,  Senior  Year. 

Edwin  Stanton  Field,  Science. 

Hermann  Fleck,  Science  (Special). 

President  Chemical  Society;  Vice-President  Towne  Scientific  and  Literary  Society; 
member  Mock  Programme  Committee,  Junior  Year;  member  Memorial,  Football  Cup 
and  Alumni  Hall  Committees,  Senior  Year;  member  Class  Football  Team,  Sophomore 
and  Junior  Years;  member  Class  Cricket  Team,  Freshman,  Sophomore,  Junior  and 
Senior  Years;  member  Class  Baseball  Team,  Sophomore,  Junior  and  Senior  Years. 


Frank  Richards  Ford,  Science. 

Member  English  Literature  Seminar,  Sophomore  Year;  Freshman  Drawing 
Prize;  Second  Prize,  Woodwork,  Junior  Year;  Second  Honor,  both  Terms,  Freshman 
Year;  Third  Honor,  Second  Term,  Sophomore  Year,  and  First  Term,  Junior  Year. 

Clarence  Payne  Franklin,  Biology  (Special). 


Robert  Isaacs  Gamon.  Arts. 

Member  Philomathean  Society,  First  and  Second  Censor  in  same;  member 
W.  W.  Barr,  Jr."  Committee  (Chairman),  Sophomore  Year;  member  Class  Football 
Team,  Freshman,  Sophomore,  Junior  and  Senior  Years;  member  Class  Cricket  Team, 
Freshman  Year;  member  Class  Baseball  Team,  Freshman,  Sophomore  and  Junior 
Years;  member  Class  Tug  of  War  Team,  Junior  Year;  member  Class  Crew,  Sopho- 
more and  Junior  Years;  Third  Honor,  First  Term,  Freshman  Year. 

Jay  Gates,  Science  (Quondam). 

Secretary  in  Freshman  Year.     Left  Class  end  Freshman  Year. 

George  Washington  Gist,  Jr.,  Science. 

Third  Honor,  Second  Term,  Senior  Year. 

William  Goodwin,  Arts. 

Benjamin  Lease  Crozer  Griffith,  AW,  Arts  (Quondam). 

Member  Philomathean  Society;  member  Supper  Committee,  Freshman  Year; 
member  Class  Football  Team,  Freshman  and  Sophomore  Years;  member  Tug  of  War 
Team,  Freshman  Year.     Left  Class  end  Junior  Year. 

William  Oglesby  Griffith,  <PKI,  Science. 

Henry  Riley  Gutnmey,  Jr.,  Arts. 

Member  Church  Club,  President  of  same,  Senior  Year;  member  Executive, 
Class  "  Yell  "  and  History  Committees,  Freshman  Year;  member  Cremation  Com- 
mittee, Sophomore  Year;  member  "  Dean  Kendall  "  and  Mock  Programme  Commit- 
tees, Junior  Year;  member  Record  and  Class  Memorial  Committees,  Senior  Year; 
member  Class  Football  Team,  Freshman  Year;  Second  Honor,  both  Terms,  Fresh- 
man and  Sophomore  Years;  Third  Honor,  both  Terms,  Junior  and  Senior  Years; 
Editor  Third  Board  of  Pennsylvanian. 

Henry  Lincoln  Haines,  A<P,  Arts  (Quondam). 

Member  Executive  and  Baseball  Committees,  Second  Term,  Sophomore  Year; 
First  Tenor,  Chorus  of  "  Acharnians;"  member  Class  Baseball  Team,  Freshman  and 
Sophomore  Years;  member  Class  Football  Team,  Sophomore  Year.  Left  Class  end 
Sophomore  Year. 

Henry  Warren  Kilburn  Hale,  A$,  Science. 

Member  Racket  Club;  member  English  Literature  Seminar,  Sophomore  Year; 
Vice-President,  Senior  Year;  Junior  Ball  and  Executive  Committees,  Junior  Year;  Ivy 
Ball,  Executive  and  Memorial  Committees,  Senior  Year;  member  Class  Football  Team, 
Freshman,  Sophomore  and  Junior  (Captain)  Years;  Phi  Kappa  Sigma  Fraternity  Prize 
for  English  Composition"  in  Sophomore  Year;  Third  Honor,  both  Terms,  Freshman 
and  First  Term,  Junior  Year. 

Atherton  Holman  Harlan,  4>I(I,  Science  (Quondam). 

Left  College  end  Sophomore  Year. 

William  Guy  Bryan  Harland,  Arts  (Quondam). 

Left  Class  end  Freshman  Year. 

William  Howard  Hart,  AW,  Science  (Quondam). 

President,  First  Term,  Freshman  Year.     Left  Class  in  Sophomore  Year. 

John  William  Harshberger,  Biology  (Special). 

Frederic  Valerius  Hetzel,  Science. 

Third  Honor,  both  Terms,  Junior  Year,  and  First  Term,  Senior  Year. 


Philip  Eugene  Howard,  Science  (Quondam). 

Member  Bowl  Committee,  Freshman  Year;  member  Executive  Committee, 
Second  Term,  Sophomore  Year.     Iveft  Class  etid  Sophomore  Year  and  entered  '91  Arts. 

Samuel  David  Hopkins,  Science  (Quondam,  Special). 

Left  Class  end  Junior  Year. 

Richard  Lewis  Humphrey,  Science  (Special). 

Member  Scientific  Society,  Civil  Engineers'  Club;  Secretary,  Second  Term, 
Senior  Year,  in  Scientific  Society. 

James  Clark  Irwin,  Science. 

Member  Gun  Club,  Camera  Club  and  Civil  Engineers'  Club;  President  Civil  En- 
gineers' Club,  Senior  Year;  member  "  Dean  Kendall"  Committee,  Junior  Year;  Class 
Shooting  Team,  Junior  Year;  "Faculty"  Drawing  Prize,  Sophomore  Year;  Third 
Honor,  both  Terms,  Freshman,  Sophomore,  Junior  and  Senior  Years. 

Jiro  Itami,  Wharton  School  (Special,  Quondam). 

Eeft  Class  end  Junior  Year. 

Tatlow  Jackson,  Jr.,  Arts  (Quondam). 

Eeft  Class  end  First  Term,  Freshman  Year. 

Henry  Leopold  Jefferys,  Arts. 

Member  Gun  Club,  Church  Club;  President,  Second  Term,  Freshman  Year, 
member  Athletic  and  Bowl  Committees,  Freshman  Year;  member  Tennis  Committee; 
Sophomore  Year;  member  Class  Football  Team,  Freshman  (Captain)  and  Sophomore 
Years;  member  Tennis  Pair,  Freshman  Year;  won  Broad  Jump  in  Class  Sports,  Fresh- 
man Year;  Third  Honor,  both  Terms,  Freshman  and  Sophomore  Years;  Second 
Honor,  both  Terms,  Senior  Year. 

John  Howard  Jopson,  Biology  (Special). 

John  George  Klemm,  Jr.,  (P40,  Science  (Quondam). 

Eeft  Class  in  Junior  Year. 

Manzo  Kushida,  Wharton  School. 

Member  Philomathean  Society;  member  College  Boat  Club;  First  Censor 
Philomathean  Society,  Second  Term,  Junior  Year;  Secretary,  vSophomore,  Junior  and 
Senior  Years;  member  "Dr.  Boardman  "  Committee;  Junior  Year;  Editor  Pennsyl- 
vanian,  Fourth  Board;  member  Class  Crew  (Coxswain),  Sophomore  and  Junior  Years; 
member  First  Universit37  of  Pennsylvania  Freshman  Crew  (Coxswain);  member 
vSenior  Four-oared  Crew  (Coxswain);  member  Eight-oared  Crew  (Coxswain),  Junior 
Year;  Ivy  Orator;  member  Wharton  School  House  of  Representatives  and  Clerk  in 
same;  Third  Honor,  both  Terms,  Freshman,  Sophomore,  Junior  and  Senior  Years. 

Benjamin  Brentnall  Lathbury,  <Pd0,  Science. 

Member  Gun  Club,  Civil  Engineers'  Club  and  Philosophic  Seminar,  Senior 
Year;  Third  Honor,  both  Terms,  Senior  Year. 

Harrison  Wainwright  Latta,  <PAd,  Science  (Special). 

Member  Civil  Engineers'  Club  and  Philosophic  Seminar,  Senior  Year. 

Francis  Bazley  Lee,  &KF,  Wharton  School  (Special). 

Editor  Pennsylvanian,  Fifth  Board;  Ivy  Poet;  Chairman  Wharton  School  Con- 
gress Ways  and  Means  Committee,  Junior  Year;  Delegate  to  Central  I.  C.  Press  As- 
sociation, Senior  Year. 


Henry  Ashton  Little,  J)',  Arts. 

Member  Athletic  Association,  Gun  Club,  Cricket  Association,  Tennis  Association, 
College  Boat  Club  and  Lacrosse  Association;  member  Supper  Committee,  Junior  Year; 
member  Ivy  Ball  Committee,  Senior  Year;  member  Chorus  of  "  Lurline;"  member 
Class  Football  Team,  Freshman  Year;  won  120  Yards  Hurdle  Race,  Freshman  Sports; 
won  Standing  High  Jump,  Fall  Sports,  Freshman  Year;  won  120  Yards  Hurdle  Race, 
Spring  vSports,  Sophomore  Year;  won  Running  High  Jump,  Mid- Winter  Sports,  Junior 
Year;  won  120  Yards  Hurdle  Race,  Spring  Sports,  Junior  Year. 

William  Simpson  Lorimer,  Science  (Special). 

William  Henry  Loyd,  Jr.,  Arts. 

Member  Philomathean  Society,  Camera  Club,  Second  Censor  Philomathean 
Society,  Second  Term,  Junior  Year,  and  Secretary  of  same  First  Term,  Senior  Year; 
Second  Yice-President  Camera  Club,  Senior  Year;  member  Cremation  and  "  W.  W. 
Barr,  Jr."  Committees,  Sophomore  Year;  member  Record  Committee;  member  Memo- 
rial Committee,  Senior  Year;  Editor  of  Pennsylvania n,  Fifth  Board;  member  Class  Foot- 
ball Team,  Freshman  Year;  Class  Poet;  "  H.  La  Barre  Jayne  "  Prize,  Freshman  Year; 
English  Essay  Prize  in  Junior  Year;  member  English  Literature  Seminar,  Sophomore 
Year:  member  Philosophical  Seminar,  Senior  Year;  Third  Honor,  both  Terms,  Fresh- 
man, Sophomore,  Junior  and  Senior  Years. 

Nelson  Baum  Mayer,  Science. 

Member  Chemical  Society;  Treasurer,  Senior  Year;  member  Track  Athletics 
Committee,  Junior  Year;  member  Class  Cricket  Team,  Sophomore  and  Junior  Years  ; 
member  Class  Baseball  Team,  Freshman,  Sophomore  and  Junior  Years. 

Arthur  William  McCauley,  Science  (Special). 

Arthur  McGeorge,  Wharton  School  (Quondam). 

Member  College  Boat  Club;  Towne  Scientific  and  Literary  Society,  Camera  Club; 
Treasurer  College  Boat  Club,  1888-89-90;  Secretary  Towne  Scientific  and  Literary 
Society,  Sophomore  Year,  and  Treasurer  of  same  Junior  Year;  member  Alumni  Hall 
and  Tennis  Committees,  Junior  Year;  member  Class  Football  Team,  Junior  Year; 
member  Class  Cricket  Team,  Junior  Year;  member  Class  Baseball  Team,  Sophomore 
and  Junior  Years.     Left  Class  end  Junior  Year. 

Charles  Jackson  Mcllvain,  Science  (Special,  Quondam). 

James  Hartley  Merrick,  4>KI,  Arts. 

Member  Mask  and  Wig,  Cricket  Association,  Tennis  Association,  Philosophic 
Seminar  and  Racket  Club  ;  Treasurer,  First  Term,  Sophomore  Year  ;  member  Supper 
and  Executive  Committees,  Second  Term,  Freshman  Year;  member  Supper  (Chairman), 
Cremation  (Chairman),  "  W.  W.  Barr,  Jr.,"  Bowl,  Bowl  Recovery  and  Executive  Com- 
mittees, both  Terms,  Sophomore  Year;  member  Junior  Ball,  Mock  Programme,  Execu- 
tive and  Alumni  Hall  Committees,  Junior  Year;  member  Ivy  Ball,  Executive,  Anti- 
Coeducation  (Chairman),  Christmas  Holiday  Extension,  Record  (Chairman)  and 
Symposium  Committees,  Senior  Year;  Editor  Pennsylvanian,  Fifth  Board;  member 
Class  Cricket  Team,  Freshman  and  Sophomore  Years;  'member  Tennis  Pair,  Freshman 
and  Sophomore  Years;  Wilfred  in  "  Lurline;"  [Ben  Franklin,  in  "Ben  Franklin,  Jr.;" 
Honorable  Mention  Phi  Kappa  Sigma  Prize,  Sophomore  Year;  Class  Historian;  Third 
Honor,  Second  Term,  Junior,  ^nd  both  Terms,  Senior  Year;  member  Ivy  Stone  Com- 
mittee. 

Casper  Wistar  Miller,  Philosophy. 

Third  Honor,  both  Terms,  Junior  and  Senior  Years. 

William  Sieger  Miller,  Science  (Partial). 

Member  Glee  Club  and  Orchestra;  President  Orchestra,  Senior  Year. 

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Joseph  MacGregor  Mitcheson,  Arts. 

Member  Scientific  Society  and  Camera  Club;  President  Scientific  Society,  Senior 
Year;  Treasurer  Camera  Club,  Junior  and  Senior  Years;  member  Executive  and  Ath- 
letic Committees,  Freshman  Year  ;  member  Athletic  Committee,  Junior  Year;  member 
Athletic,  Ivy  Stone  and  Executive  Committees,  Senior  Year;  member  Class  Football 
Team,  Junior  and  Senior  Years;  member  College  Practice  Football  Team,  Senior  Year; 
member  "  Mott  Haven  "  Team,  Sophomore,  Junior  and  Senior  Years;  Delegate  I.  C. 
A.  A.,  1890;  Delegate  to  and  Vice-President  of  I.  C.  A.  A.  of  Pennsylvania,  1890;  won 
One-Mile  Walk,  Intercollegiate  Sports,  '88;  won  One-Mile  Walk,  College  Sports,  Mid- 
WTinter,  '88,  Spring,  '88  and  Spring,  '89;  won  One-Mile  Walk  in  Class  Sports. 

Leighton  Nealle  Davis  Mixsell,  Science  (Special,  Quondam). 

Left  Class  in  Junior  Year. 

John  Percy  Moore,  Biology  (Special). 

Charles  Philips  Nassau,  Science  (Special,  Quondam). 

Left  Class  in  Junior  Year. 

Frederick  Brooke  Neilson,  $K2,  Arts. 

Member  Gun  Club,  Glee  Club,  Mask  and  Wig  and  Cricket  Association;  Vice- 
President  Gun  Club,  Junior  and  Senior  Years;  Business  Manager  Mask  and  Wig, 
Junior  and  Senior  Years;  Leader  Glee  Club,  Senior  Year;  Vice-President  and  President 
on  death  of  W.  W.  Barr,  Jr.,  Sophomore  Year;  Toastmaster,  Sophomore,  Junior  and 
Senior  Years;  Presenter,  Senior  Year;  member  Cricket  Committee,  Freshman  Year; 
member  Cricket  and  Bowl  Committees,  Sophomore  Years;  member  Football,  Cricket 
(Chairman),  Junior  Ball,  Mock  Programme  and  Supper  Committees,  Junior 
Year;  member  Ivy  Ball  (Treasurer),  Supper,  Symposium  (Chairman),  Ivy  Stone 
and  Record  Committees,  Senior  Year;  member  Class  Football  Team,  Sophomore, 
Junior  and  Senior  Years;  member  Class  Cricket  Team,  Freshman,  Sophomore 
and  Junior  Years;  member  Class  Shooting  Team,  Sophomore  Year;  substitute 
College  Football  Team,  Senior  Year;  First  Bass  Chorus  of  "  Acharnians;"  Seneschal  in 
"  Lurline;"  Cassimere  in  "Ben  Franklin,  Jr.;"  member  Chapel  Choir,  Freshman, 
Sophomore,  Junior  and  Senior  Years;  member  College  Football  Practice  Team,  Sopho- 
more, Junior  (Captain)  and  Senior  (Captain)  Years;  member  Racket  Club. 

Frederic  Shaw  Nelson,  $KW,  Science  (Special). 

De  Lancey  Verplanck  Newlin,  A$,  Arts. 

Member  Racket  Club  ;  member  Junior  Ball  and  Mock  Programme  Committees, 
Junior  Year;  member  Ivy  Ball  Committee,  Junior  Year;  Wife  of  Dik&opolis  in 
'{  Acharnians;"   Tabitha  in  "  Ben  Franklin,  Jr." 

William  Rufus  Nicholson,  Jr.,  Philosophy. 

Hugh  Walker  Ogden,  $RW,  Arts. 

Member  Philomathean  Society,  Church  Club,  Chapel  Choir;  Second  Censor  and 
Moderator,  Junior  Year,  and  Recorder,  Senior  Year,  of  Philomathean  Society;  mem- 
ber 75th  Anniversary  Committee  of  same;  Editor  Pennsylvania n  and  Business  Manager 
of  same,  Fifth  Board;  member  Class  Football  Team,  Sophomore  and  Junior  Years; 
member  Voluntary  New  Testament  Class,  Junior  Year;  Sophomore  Declamation  Prize; 
Junior  Oration  Prize;  Junior  Greek  Prize;  Honorable  Mention  Sophomore  Essay  and 
Junior  Essay  Prizes;  Third  Honor,  both  Terms,  Freshman  and  Junior  Years;  Second 
Honor,  both  Terms,  Sophomore  and  Senior  Years. 

Harry  Van  Buren  Osbourn,  Science  (Special). 

Substitute  Class  Football  Team,  Junior  and  Senior  Years;  member  Tug  of  War 
Team,  Junior  Year. 


Joseph  Henry  Patterson,  ZlF,  Science  (Quondam). 

Member  Cricket  Association,  Tennis  Association  and  Athletic  Association;  Ath- 
letic Director,  Freshman  Year;  President,  First  Term,  Sophomore  Year  (resigned); 
member  Athletic,  Class  "  Yell,"  Executive  (both  Terms),  Cricket,  Football,  Baseball 
and  Tennis  Committees,  Freshman  Year;  member  Class  Football,  Cricket  (Captain) 
and  Baseball  Teams,  Freshman  Year;  member  Tennis  Pair,  Freshman  Year;  member 
College  Cricket  Team,  Freshman  Year;  member  Class  Gun  Club;  member  History 
Committee;  Vice-President  College  Cricket  Association,  Freshman  Year.  Left  Class 
end  Freshman  Year. 

William  Harm  Patterson,  ZV,  Arts. 

Josiah  Harmar  Penniman,  $KW}  Arts. 

Member  Philomathean  Society  and  Glee  Club;  Secretary  and  Treasurer  Philo- 
mathean  Society,  Sophomore  Year;  First  Censor  in  same,  Junior  Year;  Moderator  and 
Recorder  in  same,  Senior  Year;  Chairman  Executive  Committee  Glee  Club;  member 
Class  Motto  Committee,  Freshman  Year;  member  "  Dr.  Boardman  Resolutions"  Com- 
mittee (Chairman),  Junior  Year;  member  Christmas  Holiday  Extension,  Washing- 
ton's Birthday  and  Record  Committees,  Senior  Year;  member  Class  Football  Team, 
Sophomore  Year;  member  Class  Baseball  Team,  Sophomore  and  Junior  Years;  Editor 
Pennsylvanian,  Fourth  Board,  and  Editor  in  Chief  of  same,  Fifth  Board;  President  C. 
I.  C.  Press  Association,  Senior  Year;  First  Prize  in  Quaternions,  Junior  Year;  First 
Prize  in  Greek  Prose  Composition,  Freshman  Year,  and  First  Prize  in  Demosthenes, 
"  De  Corona,"  Junior  Year;  Bowl  Recovery  Committee;  First  Honor,  both  Terms, 
Freshman,  Sophomore,  Junior  and  Senior  Years;  Valedictorian,  Senior  Year. 

Charles  Getz  Peocock,  $KW,  Wharton  School  (Special). 

Member  Wharton  School  Congress;  member  Professor  Patten's,  Professor  James' 
and  Professor  Fullerton's  Seminars. 

Robert  McClellan  Ramsey,  Arts. 

George  David  Rosengarten,  Jr.,  &KZ,  Science. 

Member  Gun  Club  and  Camera  Club;  Secretary  Gun  Club,  Executive  Committee 
Camera  Club,  Junior  Year;  Treasurer  Gun  Club,  President  Camera  Club,  Senior  Year; 
Class  Treasurer,  Second  Term,  Freshman  Year;  member  Supper  Committee,  Junior 
Year;  member  Ivy  Ball  Committee,  Senior  Year ;  Editor  Red  and  Blue,  First  Board  ; 
Slave  of  DikcEopolis  in  "  Acharnians;  "  member  Class  Cricket  Team,  Junior  Year; 
member  Class  Shooting  Team,  Sophomore,  Junior  and  Senior  Years;  Third  Honor, 
both  Terms,  Freshman  and  Sophomore  Years. 

Iyeo  Stanton  Rowe,  Wharton  School. 

Member  Wharton  School  House  of  Representatives,  Junior  Year  ;  member 
Professor  Patten's,  Professor  James'  and  Professor  Fullerton's  Seminars ;  Third 
Honor,  Second  Term,  Sophomore,  and  First  Term,  Junior  Year;  Second  Honor,  Second 
Term,  Junior,  and  First  Term,  .Senior  Year;  First  Honor,  Second  Term,  Senior  Year. 

John  Francis  Rowland,  Jr.,  Science. 

Third  Honor,  both  Terms,  Senior  Year. 

Thomas  MacKellar  Royal,  ZW,  Science  (Quondam). 

Member  Gun  Club;  Treasurer,  First  Term,  Freshman  Year;  member  Supper 
Committee,  Freshman  Year ;  member  Class  Football  Team,  Freshman  Year.  Left 
Class  end  Sophomore  Year. 

Newton  Webster  Samuel',  Science  (Quondam). 

Left  Class  end  Sophomore  Year. 


Holden  Beauvais  Schermerhorn,  Wharton  School. 

Member  Philomathean  Society  and  Wharton  School  Congress;  Third  Honor, 
Second  Term,  Senior  Year. 

Adolph  William  Schramm,  Science. 

Harrison  Souder,  Science  (Special). 

Member  Scientific  Society,  Civil  Engineers*  Club;  Second  Vice-President,  First 
Term,  Senior  Year,  and  First  Vice-President,  Second  Term,  Senior  Year;  member 
Class  Football  Team,  Senior  Year. 

John  Franklin  Stevens,  Science. 

Class  Treasurer,  Second  Term,  Sophomore  Year  ;  member  Supper  and  Mock 
Programme  Committees,  Junior  Year;  member  Supper  and  Symposium  Committees, 
Senior  Year;  Third  Honor,  both  Terms,  Freshman  Year. 

John  Gilbert  Stoddart,  (PKlI'\  Wharton  School. 

Member  Wharton  School  Congress,  Camera  Club,  Professor  Patten's  Seminar; 
Third  Honor,  both  Terms,  Junior  and  Senior  Years. 

Richard  Saunders  Stoyle,  Wharton  School. 

Vice-President,  Junior  Year;  member  Executive  Committee,  Freshman  Year ; 
member  Cremation  Committee,  Sophomore  Year;  member  Class  Supper  Committee, 
Junior  Year;  member  Ivy  Ball  Committee,  Senior  Year;  member  Class  Crew,  Sopho- 
more and  Junior  Years;  member  University  of  Pennsylvania  Freshman  Crew,  Fresh- 
man Year;  Third  Honor,  First  Term,  Senior  Year. 

William  Henry  Stnbblebine,  Arts  (Quondam). 

Left  Class  end  Sophomore  Year. 

Franklin  Nelson  Strader,  Wharton  School  (Special,  Quondam). 

Left  Class  in  Senior  Year. 

Howard  Hungerford  Sypher,  AY,  Wharton  School  (Quondam). 

Member  Athletic  Association  and  President  of  same,  Sophomore  and  Junior 
Years;  member  Athletic  Committee,  Second  Term,  and  Bowl  Committee,  Freshman 
Year;  member  Rowing  and  Athletic  Committees,  Second  Term,  Sophomore  Year; 
member  Mock  Programme  and  Junior  Ball  Committees,  Junior  Year;  Second  Bass  in 
C/iorus  of  "  Acharnians; "  member  Class  Football  Team,  Freshman,  Sophomore  and 
Junior  Years;  member  Class  Crew,  Sophomore  and  Junior  Years;  member  College 
Football  Team,  Freshman,  Sophomore  and  Junior  Years;  member  College  Crew, 
.Sophomore  and  Junior  Years;  Glee  Club,  Freshman  Year;  Orchestra,  Freshman  Year. 
Left  Class  end  Junior  Year. 

Joseph  Fithian  Tatem,  Science  (Quondam). 

Left  Class  end  Freshman  Year. 

William  Henry  Trotter,  Jr.,  ZV,  Wharton  School. 

Member  Wharton  School  Congress,  Cricket  Association,  Tennis  Association, 
Gun  Club,  Mask  and  Wig;  Vice-President  Tennis  Association,  Junior  Year;  Recording 
.Secretary,  Sophomore  Year,  and  Second  Vice-President  Gun  Club,  Junior  Year;  Vice- 
President,  Second  Term,  Freshman  Year;  President,  Junior  Year;  member  Supper 
Committee,  Freshman  Year  ;  member  Executive,  First  Term,  Cricket  and  Supper 
Committees,  Sophomore  Year;  member  Junior  Ball,  Tennis  and  Cricket  Committees, 
Junior  Year;  member  Executive  and  Ivy  Ball  (Chairman)  Committees,  Senior  Year, 
member  Class  Football  Team,  Senior  Year  ;  member  Class  Cricket  Team,  Freshman, 
Sophomore  (Captain),  Junior  (Captain)  and  Senior  Years;  member  Class  Baseball 
Team,  Sophomore  and  Junior  Years;  member  Class  Tennis  Pair,  Junior  and  Senior 
Years;  member  College  Cricket  Team,  Sophomore,  Junior  and  Senior  Years  ;  Rinaldo 
in  "  Lurline;  "  Loyola  in  "  Ben  Franklin,  Jr.;"  member  Racket  Club;  Delegate  to  I.  C. 
Cricket  Association,  Senior  Year. 

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Robert  Reineck  Truitt, 


Arts. 


Member  Philomatheau  Society;  Treasurer  of  same,  Second  Term,  Senior  Year; 
Thcoros  in  "  Acharuians;  "  University  of  Pennsylvania  Freshman  Crew,  Freshman 
Year;  won  Putting-  the  Shot  in  Class  Sports;  Third  Honor,  Second  Term,  Senior  Year. 

Benjamin  Schell  Walters, 

Member  Class  Football  Team,  Junior  and  Senior  Years. 

Horace  Andrews  Walton,  AW, 


Science  (Special). 


Arts. 


Editor  Red  and  Blue,  First  and  Second  Boards;  Understudy  for  Attendant  on 
Lamachus  in  "  Acharuians;  "  member  Chorus  in  "  IyUrline  "  and  "  Ben  Franklin,  Jr." 

William  Henry  Warrick, 

Ueft  Class  end  Sophomore  Year. 

Joseph  Frank  Wheeler, 

I,eft  Class  end  Junior  Year. 

Thomas  Brown  Whitney,  Science  (Partial). 

Member  Class  Crew,  Sophomore  and  Junior  Years;  member  College  Four-oared 
Gig,  Junior  Year;  member  College  Pair-oared  Gig,  Senior  Year. 


Science  (Quondam). 
Science  (Special,  Quondam). 


George  Guest  Williams, 
Albert  Joseph  Zeleni, 

I,eft  Class  end  Sophomore  Year. 

Peter  Silas  Zimmerman, 

Left  Class  in  Senior  Year. 


Science  (Special). 
Science  (Quondam). 

Arts  (Quondam). 


Pomp"  and  "Otto"  bringing  in  the  Senior  Roster. 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  CLASS  OF  "90. 


Freshman  Year. 

First  Term. 
President,  William  Howard  Hart. 
Vice-President,  John  Hill  Brinton,  Jr. 
Secretary,  Jay  Gates.  Treasurer,  Tom  MacKellar  Royal. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

William  Howard  Hart,  Chairman. 
Henry  Riley  Gummey,  Jr.  Joseph  MacGregor  Mitcheson. 

Richard  Saunders  Stoyle.  John  Barker. 


Second  Term. 
Preside?it,  Henry  Leopold  JefFerys. 
Vice-President,  William  Henry  Trotter,  Jr. 
Secretary,  Joseph  Warren  Coulston,  Jr.  Treasurer,  George  David  Rosengarten,  Jr. 

EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE. 

Joseph  Henry  Patterson,  Chairman. 
James  Hartley  Merrick.  Lewis  Audenried. 

William  Howard  Hart.  Trevanion  Borda  Dallas. 


Sophomore  Year. 

First  Term. 
President,  Joseph  Henry  Patterson  (resigned). 
Vice-President,  Benjamin  Curtis  Allen  (acting  President). 
Secretary,  Jay  Gates  (resigned).  Treasurer,  James  Hartley  Merrick. 

Manzo  Kushida. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

James  Hartley  Merrick,  Chairman. 
William  Henry  Trotter,  Jr.  Joseph  Warren  Coulston,  Jr. 

Joseph  MacGregor  Mitcheson.  John  Hill  Brinton,  Jr. 


Second  Term. 
President,  William  Wilson  Barr,  Jr.  (deceased). 
Vice-President,  Frederick  Brooke  Neilson  (acting  President). 
Secretary,  Manzo  Kushida.  Treasurer ,  John  Franklin  Stevens. 

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EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE. 


John  Hill  Brinton,  Jr.,  Chairman. 
James  Hartley  Merrick.  Philip  Eugene  Howard. 

Henry  Lincoln  Haines.  William  Herbert  Burk. 


Junior  Year. 

President,  William  Henry  Trotter,  Jr. 
Vice-President,  Richard  Saunders  Stoyle. 
Secretary^  Manzo  Kushida.  Treasure)-,  Eewis  Audenried. 

EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE. 

James  Hartley  Merrick,  Chairman, 
Charles  Shinier  Boyer.  John  Hill  Brinton,  Jr. 

Henry  Riley  Gummey,  Jr.  Henry  Warren  Kilburn  Hale. 


JUNIORS. 

The  Earth  hath  Bubbles,  as  the  Water  has,  and  these  are  of  them.' 


President :  Horatio  Curtis  Wood. 
Vice-President :  Edward  Adams  Shumway. 

Secretary :  Samuel  Rakestraw  Colladay. 
Treasurer :  John  Hermon  Terry. 

Executive  Committee. 
Horatio  Curtis  Wood,  Chairman. 
Edward  Adams  Shumway.  Samuel  Rakestraw  Colladay. 

John  Hermon  Terry.  Louis  de  Pui  Vail. 

Francis  Churchill  Williams.  James  Starr. 

Thomas  Wallis  Huidekoper.  John  Howell  Janeway  Upham. 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  CLASS. 


John  Antrobus. 
William  Henry  Ashhnrst. 
Samuel  Rakestraw  Colladay. 
Erskine  Hazard  Dickson. 
James  Macintosh  Longstreth 
Herbert  Rutherford  Hogg. 
Philip  Eugene  Howard. 
Thomas  Wallis  Huidekoper. 

David  Guy  Anderson. 
Percial  Roberts  Bailey. 
James  Lord  Bernard. 
Harry  B.  Clingan. 
Trevanion  Borda  Dallas. 
Henry  Delaplaine. 
Charles  Albert  Dickson. 
John  Joseph  Elcock. 
Oliver  Blackburn  Finn,  A.B. 
Abram  Myer  Feldman. 
Richard  Field. 
Sparta  Fritz,  Jr. 
Edward  Townsend  Hager. 
Francis  Head. 
Abraham  Henwood. 
John  Jay  Lafayette  Houston. 


Eckard. 


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Benjamin  Harris  Brewster. 

James  Manderson  Castle. 

Daniel  Bell  Cummins  Catherwood 

Edward  Prime  Goodell. 

John  C.  Greer. 

Lloyd  Carpenter  Griscom. 

Ellsworth  J.  Hults. 

Hisaya  Iwasaki. 

William  Graj-  Knowles. 

Charles  Ridgely  Lee. 

Frederick  Leser,  Jr. 

David  Mandel. 

Jules  Ephraim  Mastbaum. 

George  Ingels  McLeod,  Jr. 

Topliff  Johnson. 
Clayton  Fotterall  McMichael. 
Walter  Rowland. 


ARTS. 

Frederick  Lennig. 
George  Francis  Levan. 
Alfred  Meyer  Liveright. 
William  Wilson  Long. 
James  De  Wolf  Perry,  Jr. 
Cornelius  Weygandt. 
Francis  Churchill  Williams. 

SCIENCE. 

Stac3'  Woodman  Kapp. 
Chester  Hughes  Kirk. 
Frederick  Kellner  Mears. 
Frank  Muhr. 
Vickers  Oberholtzer,  Jr. 
John  Chatlin  Ogden. 
Wilson  Worrell  Pile. 
William  Woods  Pinckerton. 
James  Starr. 

James  Herbert  Stevenson. 
George  Beaumont  Taylor. 
John  Hermon  Terry. 
James  Mortimer  West,  Jr. 
Frank  Milne  Willard. 
Horatio  Curtis  Wood. 
James  Charles  Ziegler. 

HARTON  SCHOOL. 

John  Maurer. 

William  Stephen  Outerbridge,  Jr. 

J.  G.  Patterson. 

Harvey  E.  Piatt. 

WTilmer  Hershe}'  Righter. 

William  Beni  Rosskam. 

Henry  Hall  Sinnamon. 

George  Hughes  Smith. 

Sidney  WTheaton  Smith. 

Louis  de  Pui  Vail. 

William  Charles  August  Veditz. 

John  Robert  White,  Jr. 

PHILOSOPHY. 

Edward  Adams  Shumway. 
UNCLASSIFIED. 

John  Howell  Janeway  Upham. 
Marcel  Alphonse  Viti. 


SOPHOMORES. 

'Pol.—  What  do  You  read,  my  Lord  ?' 
'Ham.—'  Words  !  words  !  !  words  ! !  !" 


First  Term. 
President :  Abram  Sharpless  Valentine. 
Vice-President :  Addison  Farwell  Lansing. 

Secretary  :  Wilnier  Worthington  Hoopes. 
Treasurer:  Clayton  McElroy. 

EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE. 
John  Harold  Brockie,  Chairman. 
Clifford  Lewis,  Jr.  Charles  Nicoll  Bancker  Camac. 

Eugene  Beauharnais  Beaumont,  Jr.     Samuel  Rulon  Earl. 

Second  Term. 
President :   Charles  Nicoll  Bancker  Camac. 
Vice-President :   Ryland  Warriner  Greene. 

Secretary :   Albert  Lawrence  Harris. 
Treasurer :   Clayton  McElroy. 

FINANCE    COMMITTEE. 

Charles  Nicoll  Bancker  Camac,  Chairman. 
Clayton  McElroy.  Frank  Bernadou  Bower. 

Charles  Louis  Borie,  Jr.  Adolph  George  Rosengarten. 


MEMBERS   OF  THE   CLASS. 


Walter  Barclay. 
John  Harold  Brockie. 
Charles  Nicoll  Bancker  Camac. 
Thomas  Luther  Coley. 
Harry  Warren  Cook. 
Theodore  Wesley  Cook. 
William  Duane. 
Samuel  Rulou  Earl. 
Joseph  Williams  Fell. 
Edwin  Stauffer  Gault. 
Ryland  Warriner  Greene. 
Carl  Friedrich  Haussmann,  Jr. 
George  Washington  Keudrick. 
ClifFord  Lewis,  Jr. 


William  Weaver  Lukens. 
Archibald  McCullagh,  Jr. 
Clifton  Maloney. 
William  Stuart  Morris. 
Charles  Thornton  Murphy,  Jr. 
Matthew  Patton. 
Ulysses  Simpson  Schaul, 
Francis  Steenbergen  Schmucker. 
William  Reese  Scott,  Jr. 
Harry  Bismarck  Sobernheimer. 
Arthur  Conover  Thomson. 
Ernest  Macdowel  Vail. 
Clarence  Russell  Williams. 


Wesley  Bartine. 

Eugene  Beauharnais  Beaumont,  Jr. 

Charles  Louis  Borie,  Jr. 

Frank  Bossert. 

Frank  Bernadou  Bower. 

Lee  Schwartz  Bowers. 

William  Lund  Clampffer. 

Edward  William  Coon. 

Francis  Thibault  Cross. 

Charles  James  Dougherty. 

John  Warner  Grigg  Dunn. 

Charles  Bower  Early. 

Samuel  Fleisher. 

Percial  Vaisey  French. 

Edward  Robert  Green. 

Frank  Thomson  Gucker. 

Arthur  Hagen,  Jr. 

Frank  Bacon  Hancock. 

Albert  Lawrence  Harris. 

Clinton  Gardner  Harris. 

Wilmer  Worthington  Hoopes. 

William  Stewart  Jamison. 

Harry  Ellwood  Keller. 

Albert  Bartram  Kelley. 

Addison  Farwell  Lansing. 

George  Edmunds  Lawrence. 

Charles  Trumbull  Lee. 

Joseph  Hunter  Lewis. 


SCIENCE. 

Jay  Bucknell  Lippincott. 
Thomas  Luke. 
Clayton  McElroy. 
John  Kaufman  Mohr. 
Charles  Francis  Morrow. 
Jay  Bird  Moyer. 
Richard  Marshall  Newlin. 
William  B.  Oberholtzer. 
Samuel  Davis  Parry. 
Franklin  Peale  Patterson. 
Alonzo  Willoughby  Piatt. 
Samuel  Kingsley  Probasco. 
Adolph  George  Rosengarten. 
William  M.  Scott. 
Louis  Raymond  Shellenberger. 
Owen  Louis  Shinn. 
Arthur  Gregg  Singer. 
Edgar  Arthur  Singer,  Jr. 
William  Emil  Snyder. 
James  Alexander  Stewart. 
Harry  Chapman  Thayer. 
Adam  Clarke  Thompson. 
Abram  Sharpless  Valentine. 
Joseph  Wood  Wagner. 
Karl  Albert  Walraven. 
Olin  Leslie  West. 
Edwin  Bennett  Wheeler. 
Samuel  Bowman  Wheeler. 


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FRESHMEN. 

lMur. — '  We  are  Men,  my  Liege  !' 

'Mac— ■* Ay,  in  the  Catalogue  ye  go  for  Men. 


First  Term. 
President :  John  Falconer  Sinclair. 
Vice-President :  George  Schaffer  Gummey. 

Secreta?y :  Robert  Newton  Willson,  Jr. 
Treasurer:  John  H.  Rex. 

Second  Term. 
President :  Herbert  Payne  Fisher. 
Vice-President:  Samuel  Kreamer  Reeves. 

Secretary  :  Justin  Ralph  Sypher. 
Treasurer :  Ward  Brinton. 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  CLASS. 


ARTS. 


Henry  Rihl  Alburger. 
William  Ludwig  Baker. 
EHiston  Perot  Bissell. 
John  Cadwalader,  Jr. 
Herbert  Mason  Clapp. 
Edward  Salisbury  Clark. 
Jay  Cooke,  3d. 
Andrew  Wright  Crawford. 
Howard  Harlan  Dickey. 
Raymond  Renaud  Donges. 
Edward  John  Dooner. 
William  Alexander  Ferguson. 
Louis  E.  A.  Greenleaf. 
John  Norman  Henry. 
Arthur  Wellesley  Howes. 
David  Wendell  Hulburd. 
Stephen  Linnard  Innes. 
William  Hamilton  Jefferys. 
George  Johnson. 
George  von  Phul  Jones. 
Samuel  Murdoch  Kendrick. 
Francis  Herbert  Lee. 
Clarence  Stanley  Mclntire. 


William  Young  Campbell  Anderson. 

Charles  Philip  Bower. 

Thomas  Bradley,  Jr. 

Philip  Howard  Brice,  Jr. 

Henry  Cartwright  Burr. 

Henrv  Clay  Butcher,  Jr. 

William  Edgar  Stitt  Capp. 

Edward  Burton  Colket. 

Frank  Penrose  Croft. 

Payson  Crowell. 

Joseph  Robbins  Curtis. 

Joseph  Corbit  Davis. 

Charles  Welsh  Edmunds. 

Rudolph  Skinner  Elliott. 

Herbert  Payne  Fisher. 

Alfred  C.  Fleckenstein. 

Charles  Schlesinger  Friedman. 

Arthur  Maurice  Greene,  Jr. 

Francis  Chambers  Harris. 

George  L.  Harrison,  Jr. 

Joseph  Maurice  Haywood. 

Philip  Fitzpatrick  Heraty. 

Joseph  H.  Gillingham  Hibbs. 

Howell  Lloyd. 

Howard  Adler  Loeb. 

Norman  Macleod. 

George  McFadden. 

Clyde  Milne. 

James  Clark  Moore,  Jr. 

John  Eyre  Morgan. 


William  Clark  McKnight. 

Ellwood  Wilbur  Middleton. 

Dayton  Hobart  Miller. 

Thomas  Harrison  Montgomery,  Jr. 

George  Reese  Newbold. 

Richard  Thomas  O'Malley. 

William  Henry  Perry. 

John  H.  Rex. 

Louis  Barcroft  Runk. 

John  Schwaln  Schaul. 

John  Falconer  Sinclair. 

Charles  Sinkler,  Jr. 

George  Albert  Smyth. 

Henry  Douglas  Spaeth. 

Justin  Ralph  Sypher. 

William  Budd  Trites. 

Charles  Henry  Weber. 

Jesse  Starr  White. 

Charles  Willing. 

Robert  Newton  Willson,  Jr. 

Reginald  H.  Woodward. 

Erskine  Wright. 


SCIENCE. 


Robert  Churchman  Morgan. 
Arthur  Villiers  Morton. 
James  Caverlv  Newlin. 
William  Overington,  Jr. 
Christopher  Stuart  Patterson,  Jr. 
Horace  Hill  Patterson. 
Roderick  G.  Pearson. 
Robeson  Lea  Perot. 
Samuel  Kreamer  Reeves. 
Marion  Rinehart  Rodgers. 
Charles  McElwain  Rogers. 
George  T.  Rowland. 
John  Horner  Ruckman. 
William  M.  Scott. 
Frank  Willard  Shoemaker. 
Henry  Bueth  Sims. 
Howard  Persifor  Smith. 
J.  Anson  Smith. 
Harry  Eugene  Spencer. 
Frederick  Dawson  Stone,  Jr. 
Myer  Franklin  Straus. 
Samuel  Swift. 
Seyichiro  Terashima. 
Walter  Smith  Thomson. 
William  Trautwine,  Jr. 
William  Budd  Warne,  Jr. 
Adrien  Francois  Wellens. 
Walter  Edward  Whitaker. 
Joseph  Early  Widener. 
Edward  Burke  Wilford. 


NATURAL   HISTORY. 


Ward  Brinton. 
Henry  Paul  Busch. 


Jesse  Moore  Greenman. 
George  Schaffer  Gummey. 


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POST-SENIORS. 


"Declined  into  the  Vale  of  Years." 


Franklin  Bache,  B.S. 
Timothy  Raymond  Eeyer,  B.S. 
Jacob  Orie  Clarke. 
Christian^Frederic  Fisher,  B.S. 
Joseph  L,azarus  Hecht. 
Thomas  Wilkins  Hulme,  B.S. 
Rudolph  Howard  Klauder. 


August  Appleton  Miller. 

G.  Whitfield  Taylor  Miller,  B.S. 

Edward  Asa  Partridge,  B.S. 

Walter  Phillips,  B.S. 

David  Bowen  Salter,  B.S. 

Alfred  Newlin  Seal,  B.S. 

Archibald  Wrieht. 


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IN  MEMORIAM. 

82BUUam  WMson  Uarr,  Jr., 

Died  Tuesday,  May  226.,  1888. 

Whereas,  It  has  pleased  our  Heavenly  Father  to  remove  from 
our  midst  our  President,  comrade  and  fellow-student, 

William  Wilson  Barr,  Jr.  ; 

And  Whereas,  We  sincerely  mourn  the  loss  of  one  who,  by 
his  personal  attainments,  did  honor  to  his  class,  and  by  his  high 
moral  character  endeared  himself  to  us  all  ; 

Resolved,  That  our  heartfelt  sympathy  be  hereby  extended  to  his 
bereaved  family  in  this  the  hour  of  their  affliction. 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  sent  to  the  family 
of  our  classmate  and  that  they  be  published  in  The  Pennsylvania)!. 

Robert  I.  Gamon, 
Richard  S.  Stoyle, 
Wm.  H.  Loyd,  Jr., 
J.  Hartley  Merrick, 
W.  Herbert  Burk, 

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Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 

^\  BOUT  this  time  four  years  ago  the  Class  of  '90  made  its  first 

^J      appearance  on  the  stage  of  Old  Penn.     Since  that  time  we 

I     m.     have  developed  many  original  characteristics,  but  our  start 

/  was  made  in  a  thoroughly  orthodox  manner,  and  without 

any  of  the  thrilling  incidents  that  sometimes  attend  the 

debut  of  a  Freshman  Class.     As  the  humble  historian  of  the  Class 

of  '90,  I  cannot  lay  claim   to  more  than   the  average  number  of 

names,  nor  can  I  promise  you  an  exhaustive  history  of  the  Wharton 

School  and  its  members  from  the  time  of  its  glorious  inception  to 

the  present  day,  as  has  been  the  custom  of  late  years;  nevertheless, 

in  the  face  of  these  disadvantages,  I  shall  presume  to  hope  that 


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when  my  duty  is  done  all  those  who  are  interested  will  have  some 
knowledge  of  the  honorable  career  of  the  Class  of  '90. 

When  we  arrived  on  the  scene  of  action,  numbering  somewhere 
in  the  neighborhood  of  seventy-five,  we  were  accorded  the  usual 
pleasant  reception  that  is  tendered  annually  to  Freshmen  by  the 
genial  Secretary  of  the  Faculty.  This  reception  is  held  not  so  much 
for  the  purposes  of  examination  as  to  enable  the  Secretary  to 
determine  the  names  and  ancestral  records  of  his  victims,  and  to 
find  out  just  how  many  come  from  Jersey. 

A  bright-looking  youth,  with  glasses,  who  was  then  among  our 
number,  somewhat  inadvertently  remarked  to  his  companion,  "Oh! 
say!  who  the  deuce  is  that  old  cuss  over  there  with  the  gray  beard  ?" 
It  is  said  that  Jackson  overheard  the  remark,  and  that  explains 
why  John  Barker  is  not  with  us  to-day.  Perhaps  if  John  had  done 
nothing  more,  matters  might  have  been  smoothed  over;  but  his 
luck  was  proportionate  to  his  size,  and  was  always  against  him. 
About  the  middle  of  our  college  course  the  Executive  Committee 
held  one  of  its  periodical  sessions,  and  Barker  was  among  the  in- 
vited guests.  John  had  been  slightly  irregular  in  his  attendance, 
and  Jackson,  who  felt  a  kindly  interest  in  John  after  his  remark 
about  him,  had  sought  to  discover  from  John's  paterfamilias  the 
reasons  for  his  non-attendance.  But  John  had  arranged  matters 
with  the  postman,  as  the  "  If  not  delivered  in  five  days,  return  to 
F.  A.  J.,  University  of  Pennsylvania,"  clearly  indicated  the  source 
of  the  letters.  After  considerable  questioning  John  finally  ad- 
mitted that  a  letter  had  come  to  the  house  that  morning  bearing 
the  mystic  signs.  "What  did  you  do  with  it,  Mr.  Barker," 
said  Jackson,  in  his  softly-modulated  accent.  "Why,"  replied 
John,  "father  was  away,  and  I  threw  it  in  the  waste-basket.  I 
thought  it  was  an  advertisement  !"  The  occurrence  widened  the 
breach  between  them,  and  John  left  us  rather  than  make  things 
disagreeable  for  Jackson  by  remaining. 

But  this  digression  is  somewhat  premature,  and  I  shall  return  to 
the  opening  of  college  in  September  of  1886.  It  may  not  be  out  of 
place  just  here  to  state  the  fact  that  the  Faculty,  with  an  eye  to 
the  eternal  fitness  of  things,  proposes  hereafter  to  open  college  on 

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October  the  ist,  instead  of  the  21st  of  September.  The  reason  for 
this  becomes  at  once  apparent  to  those  of  us  who  have  taken  Dr. 
Kendall's  course  in  Astronomy,  inasmuch  as  the  Zodiacal  Sign  for 
the  month  of  October  is  Capricornus,  or  the  Goat,  and  all  those 
who  are  born  into  the  University  under  this  sign  will  of  course  re- 
ceive Jackson's  special  supervision  and  attention. 

There  were  five  classes  at  the  University  when  '90  materialized: 
the  Senior  Class,  the  Junior  Class,  the  Sophomore  Class,  the 
Freshman  Class,  and  the  Frazier  Ashhurst  Class.  The  latter  was 
by  far  the  most  numerous,  and  held  all  the  important  college 
offices  ;  but  circumstances  over  which  it  had  no  control  {i.e.,  the 
Faculty)  compelled  it  to  disband,  and  in  consequence  we  were  forced 
to  stand  its  early  loss. 

Of  course  the  first  thing,  or  one  of  the  first  things,  a  Freshman 
Class  does  is  to  form  a  Class  organization,  and  '90  immediately  held 
a  meeting  for  that  purpose.  We  were  all  of  us  young  and  inex- 
perienced, and  were  anxious  to  elect  a  President  who  would  be  an 
ornament  to  the  Class.  The  meeting  was  becoming  disorderly, 
when  somebody  in  the  room  spied  a  large  red  mustache.  That  was 
enough.  A  rising  vote  was  taken,  and  the  red  mustache  was 
elected  President  with  acclamation.  It  turned  out,  upon  inquiry, 
that  the  red  mustache  belonged  to  Billy  Hart,  and  it  is  enough  to 
say  that  Billy  was  not  only  an  ornament  to  '90,  but  that  he  would 
have  been  an  ornament  to  any  Class. 

Billy  was  one  of  those  men  who  became  sated  with  the  gayeties 
of  life  at  an  early  age,  and  even  the  wild,  tumultuous  excitement  of 
an  hour  with  Schelling  palled  on  his  jaded  taste.  He  had  a  bad 
habit  of  interrupting  Schelling,  during  recitation,  with  questions 
that  did  not  always  bear  on  English  literature,  such  as,  "  Professor 
Schelling,  what  do  you  consider  fast  time  for  a  horse  to  trot  a  mile 
in?"  or,  "Professor,  do  you  prefer  champagne-cocktails  to  mint 
juleps  ?  "  and  the  like.  I  am  afraid  Schelling  did  not  always  take 
these  questions  in  the  spirit  in  which  they  were  asked,  as  he  seemed 
to  feel  bound  to  consult  with  Little  Lord  McBlroy  with  regard  to 
Hart's  purpose,  and  the  subsequent  threats  of  "Faculty  case, 
gentlemen,"  etc.,  that  came  from  the  little  back  room  were  not  reas- 


suring.  Billy  did  not  stay  long  with  us,  as  his  ennui  became  too 
powerful  for  him,  and  he  is  at  present  occupied  in  seeing  how  many 
different  horses  he  can  ride  out  Walnut  Street  in  one  afternoon. 

Most  of  our  time  during  Freshman  year  was  occupied  in  cane- 
fights,  bag-fights  and  rushes  with  that  incomplete  collection  of 
back  numbers  that  left  college  last  year,  and  which  masqueraded 
under  the  soubriquet  of  "  '89."  And  those  were  very  lively  times, 
too.  I  regret  to  state  that  the  feelings  which  governed  these  con- 
tests were  sometimes  uncharitable,  and  led  to  angry  altercations. 
The  only  trouble  about  them  was  their  onesidedness,  as,  with  the 
brotherly  aid  of  '88,  we  invariably  came  out  on  top. 

Whether  it  was  that  '89  recognized  our  prowess  as  fighters,  or 
whether  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  had  gained  an  influence  over  their  leaders, 
"deponent  sayeth  not."  At  all  events,  the  mid-year  examination 
came  and  went  without  a  bowl-fight,  and  '90  was  forced  to  stand  by 
and  witness  the  wanton  overthrow  of  a  good  old  custom. 

Bighty-nine  did  many  other  curious  things,  but  '90  is  indebted 
to  her  for  two  valuable  gifts,  Coulston  and  Newlin.  These  two 
men  worried  along  with  '89  as  long  as  they  could,  and  it  was  not 
long  before  they  reached  the  limit  of  human  endurance  and  threw 
in  their  lot  with  '90.  Neither  of  them,  I  may  say,  has  regretted  it. 
The  change  enabled  Newlin  to  work  in  a  year  more  with  Schel- 
ling,  who  has  stood  by  De  Lancey  through  thick  and  thin — some- 
times a  good  deal  too  close  for  De  Yancey's  comfort  and  peace  of 
mind.  The  climax  was  reached  not  long  since  by  Schelling  refer- 
ring rather  rudely  to  "  Del  "  as  the  "  Devil's  Advocate,"  a  remark 
which  "Del"  resented  by  rising  in  his  seat,  taking  off  his  coat, 
and  offering  to  "  do  "  Schelling  on  the  spot.  If  Newlin  remained 
for  another  year,  I  fear  that  his  recitations  would  have  to  be  made 
to  Schelling  with  iron  bars  between  them  to  avoid  riot  and  blood- 
shed. 

Warrie  Coulston  early  discovered  that  his  forte  was  business- 
managing.  Indeed,  it  is  said  that  one  of  his  reasons  for  leaving 
'89  was  on  account  of  the  failure  of  his  attempts  to  business-manage 
C.  P.  B.  Jefferys,  Jr.  (I  have  not  time  to  give  you  his  whole  name). 
Since  then  he  has  been  business-manager  of  the  Glee  Club,  of  The 

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Record,  of  the  Red  and  Blue,  and  at  last  accounts  he  was  nego- 
tiating for  the  business-managership  of  the  Trustees  ;  but  since  his 
connection  with  the  Red  and  Blue  he  has  lost  much  of  that  sang 
froid  (Angliee,  an  incalculable  sum  of  money)  that  characterized 
his  former  methods. 

Our  Freshman  year  saw  the  laying  of  the  foundation  of  that 
glittering  array  of  athletic  victories  for  which  '90  justly  feels  proud. 
It  all  began  with  the  baseball  nine,  under  the  direction  of  Charlie 
Boyer.  The  newspaper  accounts  the  next  day  were  disagreeable 
enough  to  report  the  game  as  "Freshmen  on  a  Leather  Hunt;" 
and,  so  far  as  that  goes,  the  same  might  be  said  of  our  team  as  it 
stands  now,  for  never  since  then  has  the  nine  struck  the  winning 
combination,  or  the  ball.  It  was  through  no  fault  of  ours,  however, 
as  "  Buck  "  Trotter  has  played  on  the  nine  right  straight  through, 
and  anyone  who  has  ever  seen  '  •  Buck  ' '  playing  baseball  knows 
that  his  errors  are  few  (?),  and  that  his  efforts  as  a  fielder  are  untiring. 

We  had  no  crew  in  Freshman  year,  owing  to  lack  of  suitable 
material,  but  we  did  as  well  as  Freshmen  usually  do  in  tennis, 
cricket  and  football.  Our  sports,  looked  at  from  a  numerical  stand- 
point, were  a  great  success.  Howard  Sypher  would,  in  all  likeli- 
hood, disagree  wTith  this  statement,  as  he  entered  every  event  and 
carried  off — but  no  !  that  was  just  the  trouble  ;  there  was  nothing 
for  him  to  carry  off,  as  the  committee  had  neglected  to  provide 
prizes.  Ever  since  then,  at  stated  periods,  motions  have  been  made 
at  the  meetings  to  present  Sypher  with  the  fourteen  medals  he  won, 
but,  as  regularly,  defeat  has  overtaken  the  motion,  and  Sypher  is 
still  the  Class'  creditor. 

Before  going  on  to  the  events  of  Sophomore  year,  I  cannot 
refrain  from  recording  Ben  Allen's  attempt  to  establish  a  Freshman 
Dance.  Ben  had  been  taking  dancing  lessons  for  about  three 
months  before  he  came  out  to  college,  and  his  little  feet  were  aching 
to  move  to  the  seductive  strains  of  Waldteufel.  He  gathered  to- 
gether a  chosen  few,  and  made  his  .startling  proposition.  Steps 
were  about  to  be  taken  to  put  his  plans  into  operation,  when  it  was 
discovered  that  only  two  other  men  in  the  Class  knew  how  to 
dance.     Of  course,  this  put  a  stop  to  everything,  and  Ben's  disap- 

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pointment  was  keen,  as  it  was  afterward  learned  that  he  had  already 
invited  six  girls  to  be  present. 

Sophomore  year  arrived.  Some  few  members  of  the  Class  did 
not.  "Somnus"  Haines  had  fallen  asleep  in  June  previous,  and 
had  not  been  able  to  arouse  himself  in  time  to  connect  with  the 
opening  of  college.  Haines  was  never  by  any  possible  chance 
awake,  except  when  a  corner-fight  was  going  on;  even  then  the 
only  way  he  could  keep  himself  from  going  to  sleep  was  by  swear- 
ing at  George  Henderson  and  '89.  Herbert  Charles  Brown,  Esq., 
grew  tired  of  the  Class  because  there  were  no  representatives  of 
the  families  of  Jones,  Smith  or  Robinson  to  keep  him  company, 
and  the  loneliness  became  oppressive  to  him.  There  were  a  few 
other  desertions  from  the  ranks,  but  the  majority  stood  firm. 

There  is  something  in  the  atmosphere  of  Sophomore  year 
which  produces  a  strong  disinclination  for  work,  together  with 
the  opposite  inclination,  quite  as  strongly  developed,  for  play. 
Tommy  Royal,  Atherton  Harlan  and  Cherub  Stevens  formed  them- 
selves into  a  Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Disorder  in  Seidensticker's 
Room,  which  held  daily  meetings,  with  more  or  less  unique  results. 
The  toy-stores  in  the  neighborhood  were  drained  of  their  torpedo 
supply,  and  "  Seidy  "  was  kept  in  a  constant  state  of  expectancy 
bordering  on  insanity.  For  some  reason  or  other,  the  air  in 
"  Seidy 's  "  room  was  never  free  from  one  or  more  toy-balloons, 
which  gave  "  Pomp"  considerable  annoyance,  as  it  always  fell  to 
his  lot  to  fish  them  down  between  hours. 

Of  course,  it  was  necessary  that  some  recreation  be  provided 
for  those  of  us  who  were  unfortunate  enough  not  to  take  German. 
We  found  it  in  Dr.  Muhlenberg's  room.  The  Faculty  made  a  few 
changes  in  the  roster  at  the  beginning  of  the  term,  and  placed  our 
hour  in  Greek  prose  just  before  recess.  This  enabled  Dallas,  Neil- 
son  and  Trotter  to  extend  their  recess  from  half  an  hour  to  an  hour 
and  a  half,  as  the  Doctor  always  excused  them  after  roll-call.  The 
Doctor  understood  us,  as  a  rule,  pretty  well,  but  one  day  he  lost 
his  bearings.  The  room  had  been  unusually  quiet,  and  nothing 
had  occurred  since  the  beginning  of  the  hour,  when  John  Brinton 
came  into  the  room  with  a  train  of  tin-cars  tied  to  his  coat-tail. 


After  the  cars  had  been  confiscated  by  the  Doctor,  and  put  into  his 
bottom  drawer,  the  recitation  proceeded.  Suddenly,  a  large  croquet- 
ball  rolled  along  the  upper  row  of  seats  and  fell  down  in  front  of 
the  old  gentleman's  feet.  A  death-like  stillness  followed,  and 
Coulston  looked  unconscious.  The  Doctor  adjusted  his  spectacles, 
hesitated  a  moment,  and  then  said,  "Mr.  Trotter,  did  you  do  that, 
sir?"  "No,  sir." — "Mr.  Dallas,  did  you  do  that,  sir?"  "No, 
sir." — "  Mr.  Brinton,  did  you  do  that,  sir  ?  "  "  No,  sir." — "  Very 
well,  then,  Mr.  Neilson,  you  may  withdraw,  sir!"  and  Warrie 
smiled  sadly  as  he  thought  how  cruelly  the  old  gentleman  had  been 
deceived. 

For  some  reason  of  his  own,  the  Doctor  could  never  quite  get 
used  to  the  students  wearing  caps  and  gowns — a  movement  that 
was  set  on  foot  soon  after  the  beginning  of  the  term,  and  which 
lasted  for  some  time — and  from  the  very  first  he  regarded  them  with 
suspicion,  as  concealing  some  device  for  creating  disorder.  One 
day,  we  entered  his  room,  in  single  file,  with  our  gowms  tied  round 
the  waists  with  cord.  Fred  Neilson  was  the  last  man  in  file,  and 
by  the  time  he  reached  the  door  the  Doctor  was  in  a  towering 
passion.  He  strode  over  to  the  door,  and,  catching  sight  of  Fred's 
nose,  he  cried,  "  Mr.  Neilson,  you  may  retire,  sir.  We  do  not  wish 
to  see  your  face  again !  ' '  We  did  all  we  could  to  get  him  to  change 
his  mind,  but  he  was  relentless,  and  Fred  stayed  away  for  some 
time.  The  Doctor  did  not  appreciate  all  we  did  for  him,  or  how 
we  tried  to  beguile  his  hours  with  psalms  and  hymns  and  spiritual 
songs.  He  was  even  callous  to  Dallas'  celebrated  imitation  of  the 
flute,  accompanied  by  a  full  orchestra,  and  the  many  little  amuse- 
ments we  got  up  for  his  benefit  fell  quite  flat. 

Among  the  other  things  that  occurred  during  the  first  term  of 
Sophomore  year  the  football  eleven  won  a  game.  We  came  very 
near  not  putting  a  team  in  the  field,  as  we  had  received  numerous 
petitions  from  the  other  classes  begging  to  be  given  a  chance;  but 
our  usual  magnanimity  and  courtesy  prevailed,  and  we  decided  it 
would  not  be  fair  to  the  others  to  withdraw.  We  presented  a  game 
to  '88  and  '89  apiece  out  of  respect  to  their  age,  but  '91  we  turned 
upon  and  trounced  to  the  tune  of  6-0.     The  game  was  doubtful  till 

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near  the  end,  when  a  beautiful  run  by  Hermann  Fleck  and  a  goal 
by  Neilson  gave  us  the  victory. 

Just  as  the  teams  were  leaving  the  field,  White,  of  the  Fresh- 
man Class,  so  far  forgot  himself  as  to  wave  a  small  flag  aloft,  with 
'91  on  it.  Feeling  was  running  pretty  high  at  the  time,  and  White 
was  hustled  from  the  grounds.  Outside,  the  fight  grew  to  enormous 
proportions,  and  four  "  cops  "  from  the  Twenty-first  District  Station 
(put  there  so  as  to  be  near  the  University)  swooped  down  and  made 
several  arrests,  which  included  our  own  Stevens  and  Burger. 
"Cherub,"  as  usual,  was  smoking  a  cigarette,  and  attracted  the 
"cops'"  attention  first;  Burger  came  next,  and  he  was  run  in 
because  he  remarked  to  his  captor  ' '  that  he  was  impervious  to 
arrest."  Both  were  bailed  out  by  "  Otto  "  later  on,  and  great  re- 
joicings followed. 

The  Fall  Sports  (and  the  Spring  Sports  as  well)  in  Sophomore 
year  added  fresh  laurels  to  '90's  already  lengthy  list  of  victories. 
Ashton  Little  temporarily  turned  his  attention  from  the  fair  sex 
and  devoted  'himself  assiduously  to  jumping  and  hurdle-racing. 
He  was  successful  at  the  start,  but  he  has  since  been  barred  out  of 
all  such  contests,  as  the  referees  claim  that  he  has  patent  telescopic 
legs.  Joe  Mitcheson,  when  his  time  was  not  occupied  in  listening 
to  the  dulcet  strains  of  his  own  mouth  up  in  "  Scientif,"  or  in  talk- 
ing about  Frank  Dole,  gave  himself  up  to  walking.  By  dint  of 
hard  work  Joe  has  secured  several  "  firsts,"  and  has  reflected  great 
honor  upon  the  Class  at  different  periods.  He  has  also  secured 
several  appropriations  from  the  Class,  ostensibly  to  pay  Dole.  The 
last  time  he  did  this  he  was  caught  using  it  as  an  entrance-fee  for 
a  six  days'  "go-as-you-please,"  and  no  more  appropriations  were 
made.  In  addition  to  a  few  other  trifling  peculiarities,  Mitcheson 
is  never  without  a  question  in  his  mouth;  and  the  odds  are  large 
that  when  Doomsday  arrives  Joe  will  ply  the  Archangel  with  multi- 
tudinous questions,  as  he  is  being  carried  off  to wherever  it  is 

he  is  going. 

Examinations  came  down  on  us  like  "the  wolf  on  the  fold." 
Billy  Harland  found  himself  unable  to  resist  the  attractions  of  the 
dissecting-room,  and  went  over  to  the  Medical  Department.     Joe 


Patterson  had  a  position  offered  to  him  as  president  of  a  bank, 
which  he  promptly  accepted,  with  the  condition  that  he  would  not 
have  to  be  on  hand  before  12  noon.  Trivy  Dallas  was  unable  to 
stand  the  strain  imposed  upon  him  by  the  roster,  and  retired  for  a 
year's  rest.  When  next  seen,  he  bobbed  up  serenely  in  '91,  where 
he  had  friends.  Jay  Gates  and  Bennie  Allen  both  found  college 
irksome,  and  fled  into  business,  leaving  breaks  in  the  ranks  which 
have  not  since  been  filled. 

After  exams,  came  the  bowl-fight.  There  was  no  particular 
reason  why  we  should  have  had  one,  and  we  might  have  followed  in 
the  illustrious  footsteps  of  our  weak-kneed  predecessors.  But  '90 
has  never  been  weak-kneed,  whatever  else  she  may  have  been,  and 
a  careful  retrospection  will  disclose  .the  fact  that  the  number  of 
microbes  on  '90's  bowl-fight  is  exceedingly  small.  The  Faculty 
wanted  to  stop  it;  '89  wanted  to  stop  it;  and  these  two  reasons  were 
alone  sufficient  for  having  it:  so  have  it  we  did;  and  although  we 
were  unable  to  form  a  compromise  between  Starr,  the  bowl-man, 
and  the  bowl,  the  bowl  remained  intact.  In  the  hour  of  victory  it 
was  stolen  from  us  by  the  "  Meds,"  but  it  was  soon  after  returned, 
and  to-day  remains  as  a  souvenir  of  one  of  the  hardest-fought  bowl- 
fights  the  'Varsity  has  ever  seen. 

The  opening  of  the  second  term  brought  with  it  the  introduc- 
tion to  the  Class  of  two  celebrated  freaks — "Artie"  Goodspeed, 
A.B.  (Harvard),  and  Dr.  A.  H.  P.  Leuf.  Our  time  with  "Artie" 
was  chiefly  spent  in  giving  him  a  good  deal  of  inside  information 
about  mechanics,  more  or  less  of  which  was  new  to  him.  His 
opinion  of  the  Class  was  high  from  the  very  start;  but  when  one 
day  Warrie  Coulston  told  him,  in  answer  to  a  question,  that  a 
pound  was  defined  as  the  length  of  a  standard  bar  kept  at  Paris,  his 
admiration  knew  no  bounds;  indeed,  so  trustful  did  he  become, 
that  at  the  end  of  the  term  he  passed  the  whole  Class  on  an  aver- 
age of  "  inferior,"  and  "  no  questions  asked." 

To  Dr.  Leuf,  better  known  as  the  Mis-Director  of  Physical 
Neglect,  we  are  indebted  for  a  very  interesting  series  of  two  lectures 
on  Hygiene,  in  the  course  of  which  the  "genial  doctor"  success- 
fully illustrated  the  fact  that  arm-chairs  may  be  thrown  at  a  pro- 

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fessor,  while  lecturing,  without  danger  of  personal  injury.  It  was 
a  lucky  thing  for  the  Trustees  that  Leuf  stopped  lecturing  when  he 
did;  otherwise  they  would  have  been  compelled  to  rebuild  Sadtler's 
room,  instead  of  merely  having  to  refurnish  it. 

Speaking  of  Sadtler,  I  may  say  that  it  was  just  about  this 
time  that  "Jake  "  left  us  for  parts  unknown,  and  a  new  "Jake" 
came  to  take  his  place.  No  one  knows  just  why  "Jake  I"  left; 
but  it  is  rumored  that  the  fearful  strain  incident  to  his  running 
continually  after  tapers  for  Sadtler  broke  down  his  health.  Sadtler 
never  by  any  chance  had  a  light  at  hand,  and  when  "  Jakie  "  would 
bring  him  the  regulation  wax-taper  he  invariably  prefaced  his  ex- 
periments (which  just  as  invariably  failed)  by  the  startling 
announcement,  "I  have  here  a  lighted  taper;  "  and  this,  in  turn, 
was  usually  followed  by  the  no  less  startling  piece  of  information, 
"  This  was  known  a'ready  to  the  alchemists  " — remarks  which  were 
always  received  with  applause.  It  wrould  not  be  right  to  pass  over 
this  year  without  referring  to  those  memorable  hours  with  young 
Kendall  in  calculus.  Only  two  men  in  the  Class  owned  books, 
and  the  rest  of  us  didn't  know  what  calculus  meant.  The  hours 
were  passed,  as  a  rule,  by  Kendall  leaving  us  to  our  own  sweet 
will  after  roll-call,  and  while  he  and  cousin  Sam  Wylie  went  across 
the  street,  the  rest  of  us  played  "  poker  "  and  drew  funny  pictures 
on  the  board. 

And  here  it  becomes  my  duty  to  record  the  saddest  event  in 
the  whole  of  'oo's  history — the  death  of  William  Wilson  Barr,  Jr., 
our  Sophomore  President.  When  death  removed  Barr  from  our 
midst,  it  removed  a  man  whose  every  characteristic  stamped  him 
as  belonging  to  that  class  of  human  beings  who  are  men  in  even- 
sense  of  the  word.  Upright  in  his  mode  of  life,  honest  in  every 
wTord  and  action,  and  devoted  to  his  class,  his  untimely  death  came 
as  a  great  shock  to  his  classmates.  We  had  known  him  only  for 
two  years,  but  in  that  short  time  he  had  endeared  himself  to  every- 
one, and  when  he  was  called  away  from  us  he  left  a  vacancy  which 
no  one  but  himself  could  fill.  Barr  died  on  the  226.  of  May,  and 
when  the  time  came  for  our  cremation,  none  of  us  had  the  heart 
to  carry  out   the  programme  with  the  sad  circumstances   of  his 

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death  still  uppermost  in  our  minds,  and  out  of  respect  to  his  mem- 
ory the  Class  of  '90  held  no  cremation  ceremonies. 

There  is  one  member  of  the  Class  who  has  perpetrated  a  deed 
almost  too  fearful  to  be  mentioned.  Harlan  had  concealed  himself 
one  da}r  in  a  doorway  in  the  lower  hall  to  avoid  detection  by  the 
Silver  Fox  in  some  vast  misdemeanor.  He  avoided  Scylla,  but  in 
so  doing  he  ran  headlong  into  Charybdis.  Jackson  was  passing  at 
the  time,  but  ' '  Ath  ' '  thought  it  was  Tommy  Royal  (who  was  always 
on  hand  to  help  "  Ath  "  out  of  his  scrapes),  and  embraced  him  ! 
Ninety  claims  that  this  is  the  first  time  on  record  that  anyone  has 
ever  embraced  Jackson. 

The  last  scrape  Harlan  got  into  produced  unexpected  results. 
It  was  almost  the  end  of  the  term.  The  attendance  on  Dr.  Muhlen- 
berg's hours  was  very  slim,  as  several  men  had  been  permanently 
excused.  One  day  Harlan  told  us  he  had  a  good  scheme  on  hand, 
and  the  next  day  every  man  in  the  Arts  was  in  his  place  in  ' '  Muh- 
ley's"  room,  waiting  for  Harlan's  scheme.  The  recitation  was  half 
over,  when  proceedings  were  interrupted  by  a  shower  of  old  boots, 
shoes  and  bits  of  cast-off  clothing,  which  fell  all  over  the  room. 
The  scheme  was  eminently  successful  from  a  disorderly  standpoint; 
but  poor  Harlan  again  put  himself  on  record,  and  plunged  squarely 
into  Easton  while  making  his  escape  down  the  stairs.  Oddly 
enough,  Easton  reported  the  occurrence  to  the  Faculty,  and  that 
distinguished  body,  after  due  consultation,  came  to  the  conclusion 
that  a  man  of  Harlan's  ingenuity  should  be  given  more  room  in 
which  to  expand  his  talent.  The  shock  was  too  much  for  poor  old 
"  Muhley,"  and  he  handed  in  his  resignation,  which  was  accepted. 
With  Muhlenberg's  departure  Sophomore  year  came  to  a  close.  In 
one  way,  Doctor  Muhlenberg's  withdrawal  from  the  chair  of  Greek 
was  a  great  gain.  It  gave  the  College  Faculty  time  to  turn  their 
august  attention  to  something  else  besides  "  Faculty  cases,"  which 
had  become  so  common  that  even  Little  Lord  McElroy  ceased  to 
use  them  as  terrifying  threats  for  Freshmen.  On  the  other  hand, 
we  lost  in  the  person  of  Doctor  Muhlenberg  one  who  was  always 
ready  to  be  our  friend,  and  I  doubt  whether  there  was  one  of  us 
who  was  not  sony  when  the  old  gentleman  left. 

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In  due  course,  the  fall  of  1888  arrived,  and  with  it  the  Class  of 
'90  as  Juniors.  Alas  !  our  ranks  had  been  depleted.  It  was  not 
"the  Class,  the  whole  Class,  and  nothing  but  the  Class  "  that  as- 
sembled at  the  opening  of  college.  Many  men  were  conspicuous 
by  their  absence.  Tommy  Royal,  Ath  Harlan,  Ben  Griffith  and 
Samuel  had  all  dispersed,  and  Seidensticker,  in  consequence,  took  a 
new  lease  of  life.  Samuel  had  cast  in  his  lot  with  the  army  of 
Benedicks,  and  found  that  family  duties  and  college  could  not  con- 
nect. Griffith  found  himself  unable  to  stand  the  worries  of  college 
life,  and  went  off  to  take  charge  of  the  Philadelphia  agency  of 
"  Recamier  Balm,"  with  himself  as  a  living  advertisement  of  its 
wonderful  effects.  "  Nanki  Pooh  "  Stubblebine  came  to  grief  while 
attempting  to  cross  the  Tropic  of  Capricorn  (us),  which  he  found 
adverse  to  him,  and  so  he  left  to  become  a  Senior  at  Ursinus  College. 

But  our  desertions  were  more  than  made  up  by  the  advent  of  a 
large  and  healthy  body  of  High  School  graduates,  who  descended 
gracefully  upon  the  Class  like  white-winged  doves,  and  imparted 
a  fresh  vigor  to  it  that  before  was  lacking.  Some  of  them  have 
achieved  distinction  in  the  Class.  Frederick  Shaw  Nelson,  who 
took  the  architectural  course,  became  a  firm  friend  of  Prof.  Rich- 
ards, and  so  far  worked  upon  his  feelings  that  he  obtained  permis- 
sion to  smoke  cigarettes  in  the  "Drawing-room,"  and  since  then 
he  has  done  nothing  else.  Walters  and  Osbourn  have  demonstrated 
that  work  is  a  large  factor  in  a  scientific  course  ;  in  fact,  Walters 
worked  so  hard  toward  the  end  of  the  year  that  his  health  gave 
way,  and  he  had  great  difficulty  in  persuading  the  Faculty  of  his 
ability  to  complete  his  course.  Walters  has  never  "  cut  "  an  hour 
since  he  entered  college,  and — -.but  enough  said.  This  is  a  his- 
ton^,  and  not  a  fairy  tale. 

Another  notable  man  is  Chester  Farr.  Chester  Farr  has  two 
missions  in  life  :  one  of  these  is  never  to  brush  his  hair;  and  the 
other,  always  to  wear  a  pleasant  smile.  He  is  fond  of  women's 
society,  and  this  in  some  measure  accounts  for  the  fact  that  his 
Class  has  given  him  the  "spoon."  As  Class  Prophet,  this  fact 
will  also  be  noticed  as  contradicting  the  prevalent  opinion  that  a 
prophet  is  not  without  honor  save  in  his  own  country. 


Junior  year  is  the  period  in  college  life  when  everybody  settles 
down  to  work.  The  elective  system  also  begins  at  this  time. 
There  is  a  subtle  connection  between  these  two  apparently  discon- 
nected statements  which  Warrie  Coulston,  Del  Newlin  or  John 
Brinton  will  point  out  to  you.  Fuller  information  may  be  obtained 
b}T  buying  their  book  (a  joint  work),  entitled  "  How  to  Elect  a  Snap 
Course  "  (published  by  H.  A.  Rennert,  Esq.,  Boston). 

A  large  number  of  the  Class  went  into  the  Civil  and  Mining 
Engineering  Departments,  in  order  to  have  more  time  with  Barker 
than  is  provided  in  the  regular  roster.  Howard  Sypher  was 
anxious  to  go  with  the  crowd;  but  Barker  was  impolite  to  him,  and 
Jackson  wanted  him  to  take  another  year  in  Latin ;  and  between 
the  two  he  became  so  distracted  that  at  the  end  of  the  year  he  en- 
tered the  Law  Department,  in  order  that  he  might  be  able  to  argue 
his  own  case  against  these  two  worthies  in  the  courts,  and  save  the 
expenses  of  a  master. 

The  real  object  of  Junior  year,  however,  is  to  permit  students 
to  enter  the  Wharton  School.  It  would  be  presumption  on  my 
part  to  tell  you  that  the  Wharton  School  is  the  embodiment  of 
modern  culture  and  enlightenment,  or  that  it  was  for  this  reason 
that  Trotter,  Audenried  and  Stoyle  (not  to  mention  little  "  Kushie  ") 
saw  fit  to  enter  it.  After  some  months  of  training,  "  Buck  "  Trot- 
ter was  able  to  run  downstairs  from  McMaster's  room  to  the  As- 
sembly Room,  and  back,  in  the  short  space  of  an  hour.  One  day 
James  asked  him  what  the  powers  of  the  President  of  the  United 
States  were.  "  Buck  "  thought  for  a  moment,  and  then  replied  : 
"The  President  shall  have  power  to  fill  his  vacancy  during  the 
distress  of  the  Senate,  who  shall  expire  at  the  end  of  their  next 
session."  This  is  sufficient  to  illustrate  the  thorough  course  of 
training  afforded  by  the  Wharton  School  to  all  those  of  its  students 
who,  like  "  Buck  "  and  Lew  Audenried,  are  really  in  earnest  about 
their  work. 

Our  usual  ill-luck  attended  us  this  year  in  our  efforts  to  put  a 
crew  on  the  water.  Up  to  within  a  week  of  the  races  our  prospects 
for  carrying  off  the  Powel  cup  were  of  the  brightest  description,  and 
the  eight  men  in  the  boat  had  been  brought  up  to  a  state  as  near 

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perfection  as  well  could  be,  through  the  untiring  efforts  of  Howard 
Sypher  and  "Colonel"  Diggles.  But  good  fortune  declined  to 
smile  on  us.  Tom  Whitney  was  obliged  to  give  up  his  place, 
owing  to  an  injury  to  his  hand;  and  Strader,  who  happened  at  the 
time  to  be  in  '90  (he  has  been  in  every  other  class  and  department 
in  college  at  different  periods)  ' '  went  lame  ' '  two  days  before  the 
race.  But  the  "  six  "  stuck  to  their  boat,  and,  by  as  plucky  an  ex- 
hibition of  rowing  as  anyone  could  wish  to  see,  managed  to  keep 
out  of  last  place.  Since  that  stroke  of  misfortune,  '90  has  entered 
no  crew  in  the  races. 

The  sports  this  year  brought  '90  a  few  scattered  but  well- 
earned  laurels.  Ashton  Little  won  the  "hurdle"  (120  yards), 
and  at  the  same  time  broke  the  College  record;  while  Joe  Mitcheson 
gathered  in  the  mile-walk.  We  bore  our  blushing  honors  with  be- 
coming modesty;  in  fact,  we  always  have;  and  such  exhibitions 
as  these  go  to  prove  the  assertion  that  '90  can  come  to  the  front  when 
luck  is  not  against  her. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  term  the  Class  made  three  new 
acquaintances  among  the  professors — Barker,  Fullerton  and  Lam- 
berton — a  rose  between  two  thorns,  as  it  were.  I  mention  Profes- 
sor Barker  first,  because  it  is  only  natural  for  us  to  wish  to  get 
through  as  soon  as  possible  with  whatever  is  unpleasant.  Our 
Class  had  the  usual  falling-out  with  his  Royal  Job-lots;  the  usual 
committee  was  appointed  to  interview  him,  and  it  all  resulted  in 
the  usual  abject  apology;  in  fact,  history  simply  repeats  itself. 
Our  hours  with  Barker  became  so  monotonous  that  the  Little 
Artie  Goodspeed  Divertissement  Club  was  formed  for  the  sole  pur- 
pose of  casting  gibes  at  little  "  Me  Too  !  "  while  Barker  was  strug- 
gling with  some  refractory  "trick."  The  club  also  aided  Good- 
speed  in  his  attempt  to  catch  the  volatile  sunbeam,  and  was  even 
heard  to  laugh  loudly  one  day  when  Barker  made  a  break  and 
asked  Goodspeed  "  to  turn  on  the  sun."  Barker  never  liked  '90, 
and  in  this  respect  alone  he  resembles  '89  and  Schelling.  (I  apolo- 
gize for  mentioning  them  in  the  same  breath.)  The  Class  also  begs 
to  be  excused  from  being  fond  of  Barker. 

Professor  Fullerton  spent  the  whole  of  this  year  in  ploughing 

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up  the  weeds  of  realism,  which  clogged  the  brains  of  the  Class, 
with  such  telling  effect  that  now  a  powerful  microscope  would  be 
needed  to  reveal  the  slightest  traces  of  anything  that  is  not  in  strict 
accordance  with  Berkeley.  In  fact,  the  Class  of  '90  is  now  (I  say 
it  all  with  modest}')  an  "  ideal"  class,  and  in  Professor  Fullerton 
it  most  assuredly  had  an  "  ideal  "  professor. 

Professor  Lamberton  was  elected  by  the  Trustees  to  fill  the 
vacancy  in  the  chair  of  Greek,  caused  by  Doctor  Muhlenberg's  res- 
ignation. As  a  man  of  learning,  Laniberton  commands  the  greatest 
respect;  as  a  professor  in  relation  to  his  pupils,  "Colonel"  Dig- 
gles  would  describe  him,  in  the  words  of  Punch,  as  "  one  of  those 
things  one  would  rather  have  left  unsaid." 

There  are  several  occurrences  connected  with  the  University 
which  took  place  in  our  Junior  year.  "  Otto  "  Reuning,  who  for 
several  collegiate  generations  back  had  cheered  and  comforted 
thirsty  students,  and  who  has  sheltered  countless  "bowl-men," 
had  a  collision  with  the  High  License  Law,  and  came  out  second 
best.  The  Faculty  were  not  unmindful  of  all  that  ' '  Otto  ' '  had  done 
in  time  past  for  the  students,  and  to  make  matters  sure  they  made 
him  Clerk  of  the  Faculty,  at  a  salary  of  38  cents  a  week,  and  so 
have  kept  him  out  of  harm's  way. 

The  corner-stone  of  the  Library  Building  was  laid  on  October 
15th,  1888,  and  the  structure  is  now  practically  finished.  It  serves 
the  double  purpose  of  giving  "Tommy"  Richards  something  to 
swear  at  whenever  conversation  lags,  and  it  also  gives  little  Gregory 
B.  Keen  something  with  which  to  occupy  his  time  when  not  other- 
wise employed  in  ejecting,  with  the  assistance  of  Miss  Timley,  the 
disorderly  element  of  the  Class  from  the  present  library.  If  Little 
Gregory  goes  to  an  untimely  grave  his  dissolution  will  be  charge- 
able entirely  to  "  Colonel "  Diggles  and  Gamon,  together  with  Joe 
Penniman,  all  of  whom  have  conspired  to  make  him  lead  a  very 
nervous  life. 

Our  Junior  year  also  saw  the  institution  of  Dr.  Boardman's  series 
of  Sunday  Afternoon  Lectures,  at  which  "  Cherub"  Stevens,  Frank 
Ford  and  Warren  Hale  were  regular  attendants.  It  likewise  saw 
the  beginning  (in  its   present  form)  of  the  Lecture  Association, 

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which  has  done  so  much  to  spread  abroad  the  name  of  Old  Penn; 
but,  above  all  in  importance  to  us,  it  saw  the  resignation  of  Dr. 
Kendall  from  the  position  of  Dean,  which  he  had  held  so  long  and 
so  honorably.  Dr.  Horace  Jayne  was  elected  to  succeed  him;  and 
I  think  I  am  reasonably  safe  in  saying  that  there  are  few  men  in 
the  University  to-day  more  respected  or  more  popular  than  Doctor 
Jayne. 

The  Junior  Supper  came  off  soon  after  the  examinations.  As 
everybody  had  gotten  through,  there  was  much  rejoicing  and  a 
very  full  attendance.  Neilson,  as  usual,  held  the  position  of  toast- 
master,  upon  which  he  has  a  permanent  mortgage.  ' '  Cherub' ' 
Stevens'  reply  to  the  "  Committee"  consisted  of  four  words,  which 
were  full  of  "pathos  and  sweet  regret;"  while  as  for  Coulston's 
reply  to  the  "Ladies,"  volumes  might  be  written  without  justice 
being  done  to  it.  Close  upon  the  heels  of  the  supper  came  the 
Junior  Ball;  and  when  all  other  things  are  forgotten,  '90's  Junior 
Ball  will  ever  be  remembered  as  a  shining  event  in  a  long  line  of 
brilliant  social  successes  at  the  University.  In  one  respect,  our 
Junior  Ball  was  not  quite  as  exciting  as  the  one  previous,  as  there 
was  enough  for  everyone  to  eat,  and  the  "scrap"  feature  was 
therefore  wanting. 

It  was  about  at  this  time  that  John  Brinton  (to-day  our  honored 
President)  began  to  distinguish  himself.  John  makes  a  speciality 
of  four  things — viz.,  playing  baseball,  shooting,  putting  beakers  on 
red-hot  stoves  and  presiding  at  Class  meetings.  I  should,  perhaps, 
have  included  a  fifth — speech-making — but  after  the  "few  well- 
chosen  remarks"  (I  quote  from  the  minutes)  which  you  have  just 
heard  him  deliver,  it  is  unnecessary  to  further  point  him  out  to  you 
as  the  Chauncey  M.  Depew  of  the  Class.  He  is  absolutely  without 
a  rival  as  a  baseball  player,  and  as  an  experienced  chemist  he 
stands  without  a  peer.  John's  method  in  Class  meetings  has  been 
short  but  effective  in  its  results,  and  his  cheerful  disregard  of  par- 
liamentary procedure  has  caused  Charlie  Boyer  no  end  of  torture. 

Our  Junior  year  came  to  an  end  with  the  first  production  of  the 
"  Mask  and  Wig,"  in  which  '90  took  a  large  and  honorable  part. 
"  IvUrline  "   was  presented  before  the  largest  and  one  of  the  most 


fashionable  audiences  that  ever  witnessed  an  amateur  performance 
in  this  city;  and  its  success  was  unqualified.  It  is  a  great  pleasure 
to  be  able  to  record  in  the  history  of  the  Class  the  birth  and  growth 
of  an  organization  at  the  University  which  bids  fair  to  bring  so 
much  fame  and  renown  to  the  achievements  of  Old  Penn.  Doubt- 
less, one  reason  for  its  success  lay  in  the  fact  that  it  was  not  de- 
pendent on  the  support  of  the  students. 

When  we  returned  to  college  in  September  our  brows  wore  that 
unmistakable  trace  of  deep  learning  which  betokens  age  and  long 
experience.  We  were  Seniors.  Kven  "Kitten-face"  Patterson 
was  a  Senior.  "  Pat  "  left  us  for  a  time  in  Junior  year  to  gather  in 
the  broken  threads  of  a  misspent  Sophomore  year;  but  he  came 
back  in  due  time,  bringing  with  him  his  sheaves  and  his  attendant 
retinue  of  nicknames.  "Pat"  got  a  new  name  every  term,  and 
to-day  he  is  known  not  merely  as  "  Pat,"  or  even  "  Kitten-face:  " 
his  full  name  is  Grandma  Kitten-face  Knock-kneed  Stub-toed 
Heavy-eyebrowed  Loquax  Fabius  Maximus  Patterson!  And  yet 
the  Faculty  has  given  him  his  degree! 

Senior  year  saw  the  fall  of  Warren  Hale's  Poker  Social.  It 
was  organized  as  a  religious  organization  at  first,  and  always  met 
on  Sunday  evenings. '  For  a  long  time  matters  prospered,  and  Hale 
grew  wealthy  on  the  proceeds  of  the  "  kitty,"  but  in  an  evil  day 
its  members  took  to  outside  betting.  Calves  and  Hale  laid  enor- 
mous odds  that  "  Lady  Agnes  "  Gummey's  beard  would  outstrip 
"  Stiffendus  "  Truitt's  before  the  first  of  the  year.  Nelson  Mayer, 
Ford  and  the  ' '  Cherub  ' '  pooled  their  issues  on  ' '  Stiffy. ' '  Gummey , 
who  was  in  ignorance  of  this  price  set  upon  his  head  (or  rather  his 
chin),  appeared  one  morning — clean-shaved.  The  crash  that  fol- 
lowed was  so  fearful  in  its  effects  that  notices  of  a  sheriffs  sale 
were  posted,  and  the  Poker  Social  ceased  to  exist. 

Lots  of  funny  things  happened  in  our  first  term.  For  instance, 
Fred  Neilson  happened  to  play  football.  Now  this  was  no  trifling 
thing.  With  Fred  as  full-back,  and  two  other  men  as  half-backs, 
and  several  other  men  without  any  backs  at  all,  we  won  a  game 
from  the  Freshmen! — a  fitting  end  to  '90's  achievements  on  the 
football  field.     But  we  are  modest,  and  do  not  boast  over  it.     You 

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notice,  Neilson  was  full-back  :  he  never  does  things  by  halves. 
Fred  was  filled  with  an  intense  zeal,  after  this  splendid  victory,  and 
felt  himself  called  upon  to  captain — yes,  to  captain — the  Reserve 
Team  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania — The  Reserve  Foot- 
ball Team!  The  team  played  most  of  its  games  on  the  Athletic 
Grounds,  and  gave  much  learned  instruction  to  the  regular  eleven. 
One  bright  day,  The  Reserves  defeated  the  regular  team.  On 
the  next  day,  a  still  brighter  one,  "  Otto  "  and  "Pomp"  were 
seen  repairing  the  eastern  door;  and  when  "  Ott  "  was  asked  why 
it  had  been  taken  off  its  hinges,  he  replied,  "  Neilson  couldn't  get 
out  yesterday." 

Neilson's  habits  in  the  Class  were  peculiar.  He  was  not 
always  present.  He  even  stayed  away  from  Little  Lord  McElroy's 
elective  hours  in  General  Conversation.  The  Dean  grew  uneasy 
about  Fred's  irregularity,  and  to  help  him  out  he  instituted  a 
system  of  "excuse  blanks,"  and  had  several  thousand  printed. 
This  saved  Fred  a  good  deal  of  paper;  and  as  all  his  spare  time  was 
taken  up  in  filling  out  the  blanks  and  returning  them,  a  "corner" 
in  "  excuse  blanks  "  was  created,  and  the  rest  of  the  students  had 
to  use  ordinary  note-paper. 

The  Fall  Sports  were  held  to  enable  "  Mitchie  "  to  walk.  Pat- 
terson (he  of  the  nicknames)  walked  with  him  to  "  set  the  pace." 
Naturally,  the  pace  was  a  rapid  one,  but  ' '  Mitchie  ' '  was  equal  to 
the  occasion,  and  broke  the  tape  first  in  great  style.  There  was 
only  one  other  event  (excepting  Ashton  Little's  annual  exhibition 
of  getting  over  hurdles),  and  that  was  the  mile- walk,  which  was 
won  by  Mitcheson. 

In  order  that  the  impression  may  not  be  left  that  the  Class  has 
been  victorious  only  in  athletics,  I  wish  to  say  a  word  about  our 
mental  abilities.  Take,  for  instance,  Joe  Penniman  and  the  two 
Burkies — Burke  2nd  and  our  valiant  little  Jersey  man,  Burk  1st. 
This  trio  is  known  as  the  Band  of  Massives.  The  only  purpose  for 
which  they  came  to  college  was  to  cast  cruel  "  snags  "  in  the  paths 
of  Lamberton  and  Fullerton,  and  whenever  their  hours  became  dull 
(which  never  happened  with  Lamberton)  the  rest  would  politely 
but  firmly  request  the  "  Massives  "to  "sic  them."     To  such  good 

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purpose  did  they  comply,  that  the  hours  would  wind  up  in  a  mass 
of  entanglement,  from  which  the  ' '  Massives  ' '  would  usually 
emerge  smiling. 

In  "  Philo  "  the  Class  has  been  ably  represented  by  Penniman, 
Burk,  Kushida,  Farr,  Ogden  and  a  host  of  others,  all  of  whom 
have  freely  contributed  the  products  of  their  brains  to  bring 
11  Philo  "  up  to  a  very  high  standard. 

In  "Scientif"  the  Class  has  been  also  well  represented  by 
Mitcheson,  Souder  and  Bullock,  although  during  the  meetings 
"  Mitchie  "  usually  talked  most  of  the  time  himself.  Dick  Hum- 
phrey, who  is  very  fond  of  "  Mitchie,"  say  that  Joe  joined  "  Scien- 
tif" with  that  end  in  view;  but  that  is  only  idle  slander.  Bullock 
never  goes  to  the  meetings  because — well,  because  he's  the  Dean's 
nephew,  and  it  would  be  too  undignified  for  him  to  go. 

Some  of  you  are,  perhaps,  wondering  why  '90  has  had  such  an 
eventful  and  successful  career.  Know,  then,  that  the  Class  con- 
tains Henry  Leopold  Jefferys — and  set  all  doubts  at  rest.     He  is  a 

brother  of Jefferys,  Junior,  of  '89;  but, 

thank  heaven,  he  has  only  three  names,  and  he  can  be  forgiven 
everything  else.  It  has  become  fashionable  of  late  years  for  every 
Class  to  have  a  Jefferys,  but  future  Classes  (with  the  exception  of 
'93)  will  "  not  be  in  it,"  as  there  is  only  one  left  to  go  round. 

In  Senior  year,  the  proposition  to  establish  co-education  at  the 
'Varsity  was  exhumed  by  the  Faculty  from  a  very  comfortable 
grave  and  galvanized  into  a  temporary  existence.  '90  took  a  hand 
in  the  game  at  this  point,  and  presented  a  petition  against  it  to  the 
Trustees.  The  petition  was  signed  by  such  men  of  influence  as 
"  Lulu  "  Ogden,  who  lives  at  Ogontz,  and  who  has  had  ample  op- 
portunity to  study  the  peculiarities  of  the  fair  sex;  and  also  by 
"Jersey"  Burk,  who  thinks  he  knows  "  a  thing  or  two  about  girls," 
as  well.  The  result  of  all  this  was  that  they  decided  to  establish 
an  annex  for  women,  and  thus  put  a  quietus  on  co-education  for 
all  time.  All  things  being  considered,  it  was  ungallant  in  the 
Class  to  protest  against  co-education;  for  have  we  not  among  our 
members  the  Misses  Field,  Nicholson,  Miller,  Newlin,  Ogden  and 
Gummey  ?     In  fact,  the  philosophical  section  is  entirely  composed 

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of  the  fair  sex,  in  the  persons  of  Fannie  Nicholson  and  Maud 
Miller,  and  to  have  protested  against  them  was  anything  but  polite. 

Under '90's  management  (and  Freddie  Neilson's)  the  Glee  Club 
was  reorganized  in  the  fall;  and  a  very  healthy  specimen  it  was, 
too.  Several  concerts  were  given,  mostly  in  the  suburbs  and  Dan- 
ahville,  and  the  club  netted  several  millions.  With  this  surplus 
Neilson  subsidized  the  Red  and  Blue,  which  comes  out  at  irregular 
intervals,  whenever  its  editors  have  something  new  to  say  about 
the  Mask  and  Wig  as  a  dramatic  organization;  and  as  everyone 
reads  the  Red  and  Blue,  the  advertising  Fred  got  proved  of  great 
value. 

' '  Fatty ' '  Miller  became  President  of  the  Orchestra  in  Senior 
Year.  "  Fatty  "  was  also  a  member  of  the  Glee  Club,  and  he  tried 
to  arrange  a  "combine"  between  the  two,  but  it  wouldn't  work. 
To  appease  him,  Fred  said  he  would  let  him  sing  solos  instead,  on 
the  condition  that  he  would  leave  the  Orchestra  at  home.  "  Fat  " 
declined  to  agree  to  this,  and  war  was  imminent,  until  McMichael 
('91)  offered  to  sing  duets  with  him.  This  straightened  matters 
out,  and  since  then  these  duets  have  been  a  feature  of  every  concert. 

The  Class  meetings  of  Senior  year  are  worthy  of  being  men- 
tioned. For  three  years  Lew  Audenried  kept  himself  under  con- 
trol, but  when  he  became  a  delegate  to  the  I.  C.  A.  A.  he  thought 
he  was  pretty  big.  Lew  would  demand  the  floor  at  the  beginning 
of  the  meeting,  and  as  he  was  a  bigger  man  than  the  president  he 
would  keep  it  till  adjournment.  He  represented  the  Great  Wharton 
School.  He  would  make  a  motion,  Kushida  would  second  it, 
Frank  Lee  would  report  it  for  the  Pennsylvanian,  and  then  the  rest 
of  the  Class  would  vote  it  down.  This  process  would  go  on  indefi- 
nitely, until  Lew  would  get  angry  and  leave  the  room.  The  idea 
of  having  the  Class  merged  into  the  Wharton  School  was  a  good 
one,  but  not  feasible. 

In  the  Wharton  School  two  prizes  are  offered :  one  for  the  head 
place  in  the  Class  and  one  for  the  tail  place.  Audenried  and  Trot- 
ter always  go  together;  and  as  Rowe  has  a  permanent  hold  on  the 
first  prize,  Lew  and  Buck  have  fought  nobly  for  the  consolation 
prize.     Buck  begged  Lew,  with  tears  in  his  eyes,  to  take  it,  if  only 

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for  his  sake;  but  Lew  said  he  hated  to  deprive  Buck  of  what  he 
was  so  anxious  for.  Neither  could  get  the  other  to  give  in;  so  they 
compromised  and  shared  it  with  each  other;  and  all  is  now  at  peace 
within  the  Wharton  School. 

I  think  I  have  mentioned  the  fact  that  Schelling  is  not  very 
fond  of  the  Class.  One  day  this  year  the  Class  had  assembled  in 
his  room  before  he  arrived.  The  Professor  came  in  a  trifle  late,  and 
closed  the  door  behind  him.  As  a  rule,  this  incident  does  not  cause 
comment,  and,  as  a  rule,  there  is  nothing  behind  the  door.  On  this 
particular  morning,  however,  a  large  sign  was  disclosed,  bearing 
upon  it  in  gigantic  letters  the  legend,  "  Wash  your  baby  with  Ivory 
Soap."  Schelling  requested  "Colonel"  Diggles  to  remove  the 
sign,  and  concluded  his  lecture  in  a  tone  in  which  a  certain  amount 
of  coolness  might  have  been  detected.  He  refused  the  subsequent 
invitation  of  the  Class  to  be  present  at  its  supper. 

Thompson's  lectures  are  always  a  feature  of  Senior  year.  Cer- 
tain prominent  clothing  stores  give  away  an  encyclopaedia  with 
every  purchase;  but  Thompson  (or,  as  he  is  more  popularly  known, 
"  Flannel  Mouth  ")  has  improved  on  this  plan,  and  gives  one  away 
with  every  course  of  lectures.  Unless  a  man  carries  away  with 
him,  as  a  result  of  these  lectures,  a  smattering  of  railroads,  inter- 
state laws,  boards  of  charities,  sewing  machines,  international 
law,  housekeeping,  and  a  general  knowledge  of  civil  and  religious 
history  from  the  time  of  the  creation,  his  time  has  been  utterly 
wasted.  All  this,  too,  is  in  addition  to  instruction  in  the  art  of  cul- 
tivating chin-beards  and  the  richest  Irish  brogue,  which  is  likewise 
1 '  given  away  with  every  purchase ; ' '  and  no  one  has  ever  com- 
plained onjthis  score. 

To  speak  of  the  course  in  astronomy  in  Senior  year  is  merely 
to  record  two  hours  a  week  of  the  most  intense  pleasure.  Students 
are  allowed  to  handle  all  the  apparatus  of  the  University's  splendid 
equipment  in  this  branch,  free  of  charge.  The  celestial  globe  is  a 
little  worn  from  constant  use,  but  the  sextant  is  in  very  good  con- 
dition, and  ought  to  last  for  another  year.  Warrie  Coulston  paid 
an  enormous  sum  for  the  use  of  the  corner-seat  in  Kendall's  room; 
as|he  said  :  "  It  came  high,  but  I  had  to  have  it."     On  the  strength 

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of  owning  this  seat  and  its  attendant  security,  he  seldom  prepared 
the  recitation.  One  day  Kendall  "spotted"  him,  and  called  him 
up.  After  that  day,  for  various  reasons,  Coulston  was  always 
prepared. 

There  are  one  or  two  men  in  the  Class  who,  I  am  sorry  to  say, 
are  on  the  downward  path.  Penniman  and  Gamon  have  developed 
a  tendency  to  frequent  Gloucester.  It  is  hard  to  say  what  the 
attraction  there  is,  but  I  am  afraid  that  it  will  result  in  their  start- 
ing an  "  original  package"  store  somewhere  nearer  within  reach. 
11  Biela  "  Loyd  is  the  Class  Poet.  I  need  say  nothing  more,  except 
that  his  is  a  sad  case,  as  he  is  both  young  and  full  of  promise. 
Frank  Lee  is  also  a  poet;  he  is  likewise  a  native  of  Trenton.  His 
case  is  absolutely  hopeless. 

The  Class  Supper  was  held  in  February,  and  like  all  our  for- 
mer suppers  it  was  an  immense  success — only  more  so.  Stevens 
and  Lee  both  made  good  speeches.  L,ee  had  his  speech  printed 
afterward  in  the  form  of  Sunday-school  leaflets,  audit  is  now  being 
used  all  over  the  country. 

The  two  crowning  events  of  our  Senior  year  have  been  the  Ivy 
Ball  and  the  second  performance  of  the  Mask  and  Wig  in  "  Ben 
Franklin,  Jr."  The  Ivy  Ball  was,  for  the  first  time,  given  in  St. 
George's  Hall,  and  the  brilliant  success  it  achieved  showed  that  '90 
could  play  the  host  with  satisfaction  to  all  concerned. 

And  now,  my  friends,  the  curtain  is  about  to  fall  upon  the  last 
act  in  the  four  years'  drama  that  '90  has  almost  completed.  It  has 
been  the  prerogative  of  every  Class  historian  to  claim  that  his 
Class  is  the  greatest  of  all,  and  I  shall  not  depart  from  custom.  The 
Class  of  '90  has  played  her  part  well  and  faithfully.  It  is  true  that 
'90  has  not  attained  a  high  place  in  athletics;  but  athletics  form 
a  small  part  of  the  whole  amount  of  work  that  a  Class  accomplishes 
for  ' '  Alma  Mater. ' '  There  is  no  Class  that  has  ever  graduated  from 
the  University  whose  career  has  been  more  honorable  than  that 
of  the  Class  that  now  stands  awaiting  its  final  dismissal  from  the 
sheltering  walls  of  Old  Penn.  In  the  Glee  Club,  the  Mask  and 
Wig,  in  the  College  papers,  the  football  teams  and  crews,  as  well 
as   in   the  class-room,  the   members  of  '90  have   taken   places  of 

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which  they  may  well  feel  proud.  Since  '90  has  been  in  college 
the  whole  atmosphere  of  things  has  changed,  and  with  this  new 
decade  a  new  order  of  things  has  come  about.  The  Class  of  '90 
is  the  last  one  of  the  ' '  old ' '  Classes  to  leave  the  University, 
and,  as  such,  she  forms  the  connecting  link  between  the  past  and 
the  present.  The  associations  that  we  have  formed  as  individ- 
uals are  among  our  most  pleasant  recollections;  and  in  years  to 
come,  though  to-morrow  the  Class  of  '90  will  sever  its  formal  con- 
nection with  Good  Old  Penn,  when  the  members  of  the  Class  are 
scattered,  the  memories  of  our  college  course  will  serve  as  a  com- 
mon basis  upon  which  all  may  meet  again. 


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CLASS   POEM. 


IN  the  being  and  becoming  of  the  grand  eternal  flow, 
Mushroom  empires  shrink  and  perish,  kingdoms  to  destruction  go; 
Boilers  burst,  and  sailing  upward  join  the  great  promiscuous  crash; 

Stumbling  favorites  lose  the  races,  lucky  hedgers  win  the  cash; 

Dynamite  with  soft  persuasion  sets  the  souls  of  patriots  free; 
Shipwrecked  sailors  feed  the  fishes  at  the  bottom  of  the  sea. 
Forward,  backward,  upward,  downward,  growth,  maturity,  decay, 
We  may  dream  of  past  and  future,  we  can  know  the  present  day. 
Filled  with  new  and  uncouth  knowledge,  crammed  with  old  and  musty  lore, 
With  the  silent  past  behind  us  and  the  future  dark  before, 
Borrowed  trophies  all  around  us,  Indian  John  upon  the  throne, 
We  are  in  the  glorious  present;  Ninety  claims  this  as  her  own. 
Good  old  Ninety,  strong  in  battle,  champion,  winner  of  each  prize — 
Hark  !  I  hear  a  fair  one  whisper,  "  Listen  to  the  poet's  lies." 
This  is  but  the  poet's  duty,  this  a  sacred,  classic  hoax; 
We  must  tell  the  old,  old  story;  we  must  spring  the  old,  old  jokes. 
You  will  take  it  then  for  granted  that  we  never  knew  defeat, 
That  our  teams  were  mighty  heroes,  strong,  enduring,  swift,  discreet. 
Though  we  leave  a  name  behind  us  on  the  benches,  pews  and  chairs, 
We  have  placed  our  mark  on  records,  safe  from  vandals  or  repairs. 


If  you  doubt  (like  Charlie  Boyer),  if  ray  word  is  not  enough, 

Ask  Hal  Haines  and  hear  him  murmur,   "  Ninety  !    Bless  her  !    She's  the 

stuff." 
From  the  days  when,  young  and  callow,  first  we  entered  on  our  task, 
And  imbibed  the  milk  of  knowledge  from  our  Alma  Mater's  flask, 
To  this  present  happy  moment,  when  we  yield  the  highest  seat 
To  a  motley  horde  of  Juniors,  bow  and  gracefully  retreat, 
On  the  campus,  in  the  class-room,  'midst  the  fossils,  jars  and  shelves, 
We  have  tried  to  be  like  others,  we  have  grown  more  like  ourselves. 
Our  experience  on  the  play-ground  ?     Even  Ramsey  has  confessed 
That  our  bold  and  handsome  athletes  never  really  did  their  best. 
Ninety-One  makes  frantic  efforts,  strives  with  eager,  suffering  face, 
'Twould  have  been  so  selfish,  cruel,  to  have  captured  every  place. 
But  our  Mitcheson  and  Little  would  insist  on  going  in — 
Forty  consolation  medals  are  the  wages  of  their  sin. 
Our  adventures  in  the  city  spreading  streaks  of  crimson  paint  ? 
Men  will  have  their  little  frolics,  even  Penniman  the  saint. 
Ninety  makes  no  false  pretenses;  we  have  cases  that  are  sad; 
Ford  will  play  a  game  called  poker,  "  Cherub  "  Stevens  loves  the  bad. 
"All  such  wicked  deeds  are  shocking,"  said  our  pious  Jersey  Lee; 
"  Yes,  they've  had  'em,  bad  and  often,  every  mother's  son  but  me." 
Ninety's  triumphs  in  the  ball-room,  our  acquaintance  with  the  "Fair?" 
(One  had  best  proceed  with  caution  if  these  very  girls  were  there). 
Nay,  dear  ladies,  we  are  silent;  we  will  spare  your  blushes,  though 
You  know  far,  far  more  about  it  than  your  guileless  glances  show. 
Deep  among  the  white  azaleas,  safely  hidden  from  surprise, 
One  may  find  the  soul  of  wisdom  in  a  pair  of  starry  eyes. 
Every  Junior  has  his  day-dream;  every  Senior  more  than  words, 
And  the  Freshman  loves  the  angels  and  the  Sophomore  loves  the  birds. 
Our  experience  in  the  class-room,  so  much  better  told  in  prose, 
All  get  through,  but  how  they  do  it  the  recording  spirit  knows. 
Said  the  warning  voice  of  conscience,  "  Do  away  with  petty  frauds, 
Call  upon  the  band  of  '  Massives;'  let  them  battle  with  the  gods." 
Happy  "  Massives,"  grateful  classmates  oft  have  praised  your  occult  power 
Of  enticing  grim  professors  into  taking  out  the  hour. 
Threatened  with  avenging  failure  in  some  long-neglected  work, 
We  have  hissed  in  whispered  panic,   "  Snag  him,  Lulu;  Sic  him,  Burk  !" 
Others,  too,  by  humbler  methods,  have  essayed  to  smooth  our  path, 
Bravely  acting  as  conductors  to  draw  off  the  learned  wrath. 
All  enjoyed,  save  Capricornus,  Warrie  Coulston's  sportive  moods; 

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But  Del  Newlin  versus  Schelliug  far  surpassed  the  other  feuds. 

Gosse's  Schelliug,  we  must  leave  him,  but  he  will  not  mourn  alone; 

Pink  McMaster  fades  to  yellow,  joining  Patton's  dismal  groan. 

But  why  lacerate  their  heart-strings  ?     Why  add  torture  to  their  woe  ? 

We  should  try  to  soothe  their  anguish  since  stern  duty  bids  us  go. 

"  Go?"  that  word  has  painful  meaning  to  the  sinner  sad  and  tired; 

For  three  years  we  thought  of  "going  "  as  polite  for  being  "  fired." 

Time  had  wrought  most  curious  changes  by  the  last  announcement  day; 

Then  our  fear  was  not  of  going;  then  the  sickening  thought  was  "  stay." 

Pallid  Seniors  crowd  to  chapel  and  with  fierce  impatience  wait 

In  a  solemn  death-like  silence  for  the  stern  decrees  of  fate. 

Reading  slowly,  Jackson  pauses;  is  he  through  beyond  a  doubt? 

Hail  Columbia,  Halleluiah !  spread  and  give  us  room  to  shout ! 

Burn,  red  fire,  dance  the  hornpipe,  blow  your  loudest  trombone  blast, 

Shoot  your  rockets  at  the  zenith;  we  are  through;  thank  heaven,  we've 

passed. 
Life's  wild  ocean  lies  before  us;  standing  on  the  slippery  brink, 
Do  you  think  the  men  in  Ninety,  losing  heart,  will  basely  sink  ? 
No  !  their  destinies  are  higher;   you  will  see  them  men  of  note, 
Like  the  lemon  in  the  punch-bowl,  on  the  surface  they  will  float. 
So  to-morrow  is  the  ending  of  our  college  days  indeed; 
We  receive  the  solemn  sheepskins  which  so  few  of  us  can  read. 
From  the  stage  descending  slowly,  in  our  gowns  of  sable  hue 
With  their  bright-blue  sailor  collars,  we  will  bid  our  friends  adieu. 


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CLASS  PROPHECY. 


ROPHETS,  according  to  time-honored  custom,  have 
been  wont  to  draw  largely  upon  the  imaginations 
of  their  readers.  They  generally  transport  you  to 
some  distant  part  of  the  universe,  give  you  a  pano- 
rama, a  kaleidoscope,  a  spider-game — anything  to 
occupy  your  time — and  then  proceed  to  unfold  to 
you,  descriptively,  all  that  you  ought  to  see  in  the 
aforesaid  panorama,  kaleidoscope,  and  so  on.  Far 
be  it  from  me  to  depart  from  this  custom.  I  will 
require,  however,  only  two  efforts  of  your  imagina- 
tion. 

The  first  is  quite  simple,  though  very  melan- 
choly.    Suppose  that  I  am  dead. 
The  second  will,  I  fear,  tax  your  imagination  to  the  utmost. 
Suppose  me  in  Paradise.     I  sincerely  apologize  for  giving  you  this 
difficulty  at  the  outset,  but  it  will  not  occur  again. 

It  may  lighten  the  effort  somewhat  if  I  hasten  to  state  that  the 
Paradise  I  refer  to  is^the  old  mythological  Paradise  of  the  Greeks 
we  are  all  so  familiar  with  through  Anthon  and  Iyempriere,  and  not 
the  one  we  all  hope  to  become  familiar  with. 

I  was  somewhat  surprised  to  find  myself  up  there,  I  confess; 
but  the  signs  were  too  obvious  for  me  to  mistake  the  place.  It  was 
Mount  Olympus  to  a  certainty.  There  were  Jupiter  and  Mars,  and 
Juno  and  Venus  (whose  photographs,  by  the  way,  flatter  her  very 
much  ;  she  is  not  half  so  pretty  as  several  of  the  young  ladies  of 
my  acquaintance;  but,  then,  she  is  probably  getting  old). 


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Apollo  and  Mercury  were  in  close  conversation  when  I  en- 
tered; and  it  may  be  of  some  interest  to  tell  you  that  wide  panta- 
loons are  by  no  means  the  style  on  Mount  Olympus. 

Immediately  to  the  right  of  Jupiter  I  perceived  the  Three  Fates, 
spinning  busily.  Now,  if  any  classical  dictionaries  that  you  may 
have  read  placed  the  Fates  anywhere  else  but  on  Jupiter's  right, 
you  can  be  quite  certain  the  dictionaries  were  wrong. 

But  there  they  were,  Clotho,  Lachesis  and  Atropos,  all  weav- 
ing the  threads  of  men's  lives.  In  the  twinkling  of  a  thunderbolt 
it  flashed  upon  me  that  here  was  the  "  yarn  "  I  wanted.  All  the 
lives  of  my  fellow-classmates  must  be  spun  from  that  distaff.  The 
opportunity  was  not  to  be  lost;  and,  without  waiting' for  an  intro- 
duction, I  strode  over  to  the  three  sisters.  Desiring  to  be  particu- 
larly polite,  I  addressed  them  at  first  in  French,  and  afterward 
switched  off  into  Greek  ;  but  they  did  not  seem  to  understand  me 
then  (I  suppose  their  Greek  was  a  little  rusty),  and  I  returned  to 
French  again. 

By  the  most  extraordinary  good  fortune  they  were  just  weaving 
the  lives  of  the  members  of  the  Class  of  '90.  They  said  they  gen- 
erally did  these  college  classes  in  a  lump,  so  as  to  get  them  off  their 
hands.  So  all  I  did  was  simply  to  sit  down  near  Clotho — she  was 
the  prettiest  and  youngest,  only  about  6000  years  or  thereabouts — 
and  from  her  side  I  watched  the  whole  proceeding.  I  took  more 
copious  notes  on  this  subject  than  I  ever  did,  even  in  Schelling's 
lectures  on  Saintsbury;  and  an  epitome  of  these  notes  I  here  pre- 
sent to  you. 

The  Class  will  be  well  represented  on  the  stage,  in  the  law 
court,  in  the  Senate,  the  House  of  Representatives,  the  House  of 
Correction,  the  House  of  Refuge  and  other  Houses  for  public 
characters. 

Warrie  Coulston  will  attempt  acting.  He  will  take  children's 
parts,  such  as  Little  Lord  Fauntleroy.  Anybody  who  has  seen 
Coulston  can  scarcely  fail  to  perceive  that  these  children's  parts 
will  come  natural  to  him. 

Diggles  will  soon  abandon  the  ministry  and  take  to  prize-fight- 
ing.    In  this  his  football  experience  will  stand  him  in  good  stead. 

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The  transition  from  hitting  a  man,  when  the  umpire  isn't  looking, 
to  hitting  him  when  the  umpire  is,  is  very  slight.  Stuffing  a  man's 
mouth  with  mud  and  sitting  on  his  head  are  pleasing  innovations 
which  Diggles  will  transplant  from  the  football  field  to  the  prize- 
ring. 

Feustmann  will  travel  on  his  shape.  He  will  start  out  as  an 
artist's  model,  -his  chief  poses  being  for  the  celebrated  paintings  of 
"  Easton  at  the  Bath,"  "  McElroy  sitting  in  silence  "  and  "Mer- 
rick repairing  umbrellas." 

These  three  gems  of  art  will  be  the  work  of  Charles  Shimer 
Bo}~er,  who  will  soon  grow  tired  of  entering  protests  against  Dr. 
Leuf,  and  give  up  the  idea  of  succeeding  that  gentleman  as 
Director  of  Physical  Education,  in  hopes  of  having  lots  of  time  to 
play  ball  on  the  campus.  Boyer  will  turn  his  chemical  knowledge 
to  account  in  mixing  colors,  as  the  aforementioned  pictures  will  show. 
Some  of  his  paintings  will  be  used  as  scarecrows,  others  to  repre- 
sent "  Before  "  and  "  After  "  using  Brinton's  Beatific  Benzo-Baric 
Balsam  Bitters. 

The  bitters  are  not  all  John  Brinton  will  do  in  the  chemical 
line.  About  ten  years  hence  the  scientific  world  will  be  startled  by 
an  article,  entitled  ' '  Hoiv  to  place  a  Beaker  on  a  Stove, ' '  by  John 
Hill  Brinton,  A.B.,  B.S.,  P.C.  This  will  contain  valuable  statistics 
as  to  how  long  a  man  can  cut  laborato^  work  and  leave  glass 
beakers  on  stoves  without  injuring  them.  The  article  will  be 
favorably  noticed  in  TaggarV s  Times  and  the  Red  and  Blue  ;  and 
Brinton,  encouraged  thereby,  will  start  out  to  be  a  thorough 
chemist.  After  seventy  years  of  careful  study  he  will  become  able 
to  tell  the  difference  between  arsenic  and  tin  without  being  under 
the  disagreeable  necessity  of  swallowing  them  and  watching  their 
effects. 

The  Class  will  contribute  one  person  to  the  comic  opera  stage. 
Truitt,  after  having  his  voice  repaired,  and  picture  published  in 
The  Press,  by  Drs.  McCoy  and  Wildman,  will  enter  Aronson's 
Casino  Company  and  take  leading  comedy  parts.  His  topical 
songs  of  "  When  I  was  on  the  freshman  crew,  a'  many  years  ago," 
and  "  'Twas  then  I  went  to  day  school,  within  the  U.  of  P.,"  will 
be  whistled  throughout  all  parts  of  the  county. 

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"  Buck  "  Trotter  has  a  way  of  speaking  to  a  person  that  sends 
a  thrill  of  delight  through  one's  system,  and  makes  you  feel  happy 
for  several  hours  afterward.  Whenever  you  see  a  man  walking 
through  college  with  a  species  of  "  veni-vide-vici "  smile  on  his 
countenance,  you  may  feel  assured  that  Trotter  has  just  spoken  to 
him.  "Buck"  will  become  a  politician.  This  pleasing  mode  of 
address  will,  therefore,  not  be  wasted.  Constituents  will  flock  in 
throngs  ;  Frank  Lee,  the  journalist,  will  write  puffs  on  "  Our 
public-spirited  citizen,  Mr.  W.  H.  Trotter,"  and  "  Mr.  Trotter,  the 
laboring-man's  friend,  who  believes  in  two  hours'  work  a  day." 

Evy.  Calves  will  solicit  employment  as  a  street  sweeper,  which 
will,  of  course,  be  refused,  there  being  no  need  of  this  sort  of  work 
in  Philadelphia. 

Borie,  Develin  and  Kushida  will  obtain  from  Trotter  positions 
on  the  police  force,  and  Iyathbury  and  L,atta  will  support  him 
among  the  "  sporting  fraternity."  With  all  this  backing  Trotter 
will  become  boss  of  the  Fourth  Ward  ancl  enter  Councils. 

Bob  Bradbury  is  not  at  present  doing  himself  justice  socially. 
He  will  shortly  undergo  a  marvellous  change  ;  will  enter  society, 
become  a  leader  among  Philadelphia's  Four  Hundred  and  be  univer- 
sally sought  after.  Notices  like  these  will  appear  in  the  papers  : 
"  At  Mrs.  Rittenhouse  Squeer's  ball  last  night  Mr.  Bradbury  led  the 
german  in  a  masterly  manner."  Marrying  a  prominent  society 
belle,  Bradbury  and  his  wife  will  devote  themselves  to  entertaining, 
giving  Red  and  Blue  teas  and  dramatic  soirees. 

At  these  latter,  recitations  will  be  given  by  Mr.  Frederick 
Brooke  NeilsOn,  the  celebrated  elocutionist  and  reader,  ex-captain 
of  the  University  Reserves,  ex-leader  of  the  University  Glee  Club, 
ex-comedian  of  the  Mask  and  Wig,   ex-toast-master  at   all    Class 

suppers,  ex-Class  presenter  and  ex ex-everything.     You  will 

observe  that  all  these  X's  are  unknown  quantities,  and  this  is  the 
only  instance  in  which  the  prophet  has  been  unable  to  unravel 
the — past. 

Freddy  Neilson  being  so  celebrated,  I  have  obtained  the  most 
minute  particulars  concerning  him.  He  will  write  for  the  stage. 
His  first  burlesque,  entitled  "  George  David  Rosengarten,  Jr."  will 

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fail  in  that  form  and  be  remodelled  and  succeed  as  a  tragedy.  It 
will  be  performed  in  1897  at  this  theatre  with  tremendous  success. 
In  1895  Freddy  will  marry  a  very  attractive  young  lady — I  extend 
to  her  my  profound  sympathy.  If  she  is  reading  the  prophecy 
she  will  get  the  "sympathy"  directly;  if  not,  her  brother  will 
doubtless  convey  it  to  her. 

I  regret  to  say  that  a  very  respected  member  of  the  Class  will 
enter  a  career  of  crime.  Jim  Irwin  is  to  be  a  professional  pick- 
pocket. This  may  surprise  many  who  know  what  an  exceptionally 
good  fellow  Jim  has  been  while  in  college;  but  his  downward  course 
will  commence  from  this  moment.  I  advise  the  reader  to  be  par- 
ticularly cautious  about  keeping  his  hands  on  his  pocket-book  and 
gold  watch  when  he  meets  Jim  at  any  future  time.  Jim's  best  haul 
will  be  Dr.  Pepper,  when  the  latter  is  returning  home  with  the 
fund  for  the  Dormitory  Building  in  his  pocket.  This  will  happen 
twenty  years  from  now.  During  many  of  the  best  years  of  his 
life  Jim's  existence  will  be  a  rather  confining  one.  His  liberty  will 
be  seriously  interfered  with,  and  his  daring  and  original  methods  of 
escape  from  Twenty-first  and  Fairmount  Avenue  will  reflect  great 
credit  on  the  civil  engineering  course  at  the  University. 

Irwin's  biography  will  be  written  by  the  celebrated  biographer 
and  historian,  George  Rosengarten.  George  had  a  fine  boom  for 
Class  Historian,  with  the  support  of  the  entire  chemical  section  and 
a  "  co-ed."  But  he  didn't  get  it.  (I  mean  the  historianship,  not 
the  "co-ed.")  His  ability  has  been  shown,  however,  in  the  pages 
of  that  charming  sheet,  the  Red  and  Blue,  which,  most  unfortu- 
nately, "has  come  to  stay,"  so  its  editors  tell  us;  and  which,  no 
doubt,  the  reader  has  seen  in  waste-paper  baskets,  or  ash-barrels, 
or  lining  trunks.  With  all  this  experience,  George  will  in  future 
devote  himself  exclusively  to  writing  histories  and  biographies. 

Speaking  of  historians  naturally  reminds  me  of  the  thread  of 
Hartle}^  Merrick's  life — not  that  he  is  going  to  be  another  his- 
torian. Oh  !  no  ;  he  is  destined  for  an  architect.  When  last  I 
saw  him  in  this  capacity  he  was  trying  to  draw  a  model  of  the  foot 
of  the  Medici  Venus.  He  completed  the  sketch,  I  believe,  after  six 
months  of  patient  toil.     (Foot  was  so  big,  you  know,  it  took  him  a 

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long  time  to  do  it.)  But  this  is  nothing  to  what  he  will  do.  Pal- 
aces, churches,  cathedrals,  pagodas,  barns,  beer-saloons,  boat- 
houses,  dormitory  buildings,  alumni  halls  and  schools  for  hy- 
giene, all  will  spring  from  his  fertile  brain.  Hartley's  most 
celebrated  work  will  be  an  ornamental  window  for  the  Bijou 
Theatre,  showing  a  shattered  umbrella  in  the  centre,  flanked  by 
two  of  Schermerhorn's  designs  for  The  Rkcord  cover,  together  with 
the  seal  of  the  family,  a  corncob  pipe  rampant  on  an  azure  field. 
I  must  not  forget  to  add  that  he  will  act  as  a  trustee  for  the  College 
in  coming  years,  and  speedily  be  made  chairman  of  all  committees. 
Meetings  of  these  will  be  called  at  rare  intervals,  Hartley  always 
opening  these  meetings  with  the  customary  formula  :  "I  have 
called  this  meeting  to  tell  the  committee  that  /  have  decided  to  do 
so  and  so  ;  /  have  ordered  this  and  that  to  be  done,  and  I  thought 
perhaps  you'd  like  to  know  it,"  etc.,  etc. 

The  iron  business  is  quite  poor  at  present.  It  will  continue  so 
for  some  time — at  least  so  one  of  the  Fates  told  me.  You  will 
observe  that  I  have  scattered  gratis  through  this  prophecy  a  great 
deal  of  valuable  literary  and  commercial  information,  which  I  hope 
you  will  make  good  use  of. 

In  view  of  the  low  state  of  iron,  however,  Warren  Hale  will 
shortly  give  up  mechanical  engineering  and  go  into  stock-broking. 
He  will  be  chiefly  celebrated,  though,  by  his  reputation  as  an  after- 
dinner  speaker.  Witty  post-prandial  remarks  will  fall  from  his 
lips  like  sugar-plums  from  a  cornucopia.  But  what  is  the  use  of 
speaking  of  these,  as  his  exquisitely  humorous  speeches  at  Class 
suppers  are  remembered  by  everybody,  except  Hartley  Merrick  and 
De  I^ancey  Newlin  ? 

Nelson  Mayer  will  be  picked  up  by  a  traveling  show,  Billy 
Miller's  Own  and  Only,  combined  with  the  University  Orchestra  o£ 
Chemists  and  Freshmen  and  Freddy  Neilson's  aggregation  of 
nightingales.  Mayer  will  perform  as  clown,  and  crack  jokes  with 
Lady  Agnes  Gummey,  the  distinguished  bareback  equestrienne. 

The  deadly  feud  between  Newlin  and  Professor  Schelling  has 
not  yet  assumed  the  tremendous  proportions  which  it  will  shortly 
reach.     In  about  a  year's  time  the  families  of  Newlin  and  the  Pro- 


fessor  will  find  it  necessary  to  hire  small  arsenals  and  move  to 
Pike  County,  Kentucky,  which  is  the  only  place  where  little  differ- 
ences of  this  kind  can  be  satisfactorily  arbitrated.  The  Hatfield- 
McCoy  affair  will  be  nothing  to  this  one,  which  will  exterminate 
both  families,  even  to  sixth  cousins.  If  the  reader  is  a  distant 
relative  of  either  Newlin  or  Schelling,  I  can  assure  him  that  he  will 
not  live  at  most  more  than  five  years  longer.  Three  Deputy 
Sheriffs,  Ed.  Field,  Hermann  Fleck  and  Dick  Stoyle,  will  be  killed 
in  endeavoring  to  suppress  these  disorders. 

But  these  are  very  melancholy  things  to  contemplate  ;  suppose 
wTe  turn  to  something  brighter.  You  have  probably  observed  that 
a  humorist  who  obtains  celebrity  never  fails  to  turn  lecturer.  The 
Class  of  '90  will  produce  two  of  these.  Walton  and  Ramsey  are 
not,  it  is  true,  distinguished  for  their  wit  just  at  present;  but  then 
they  have  not  seen  '91's  mock  programme.  The  observation  and 
study  of  this  exquisite  production  will  show  them,  by  a  simple  proc- 
ess of  opposition  and  contradistinction,  what  true  humor  consists 
in.  By  a  thorough  investigation  of  the  depths  of  dulness  they 
will  become  able  to  see  and  appreciate  the  heights  of  true  bril- 
liancy, and  the  result  will  be  quite  striking.  They  will  start  as 
end  men  in  a  minstrel  troupe,  following  this  up  by  writing  funny 
articles  for  the  Sunday  papers  and  dialect  tales  for  the  Century 
Magazine,  neither  of  which  anybody  reads,  beyond  the  title  and 
name  of  the  author.  But  it  will  bring  them  great  notoriety,  and 
the  lecture  field  will  be  opened  to  them.  Walton  will  furnish  hu- 
morous character  sketches  of  recitations  in  Jackson's  room,  taken 
from  personal  experience,  and  Ramsey  will  contribute  a  few  orig- 
inal poems,  Vers  de  Societe  and  the  like.  Their  works  will  be 
collected  in  one  volume,  and  Josiah  H.  Penniman,  ex-editor-in- 
chief  of  the  Pennsylvanian,  will  start  out  to  canvass  for  it.  Penni- 
man's  career  as  a  book  agent  will  be  singularly  successful.  He 
has  that  peculiar  air  about  him  that  impresses  one  immediately 
with  the  idea  that  here  indeed  is  a  massive  intellect  ;  here  indeed  is 
a  fellow  who  is  always  in  a  rush,  and  always  has  his  hands  full  of 
work.  All  this,  added  to  the  don't-touch-me-with-a-ten-foot-pole 
look  that  Joe  sometimes    assumes,   will  enable  him  to  sell  more 


books  than  fifty  ordinary  agents.  His  opening  remark,  which  is 
in  Volapiik,  will  be  as  follows:  "  Selob  bukis  gudik."  Penniman 
will  die  of  brain  fever  in  middle  life.  Closely  connected  with  Wal- 
ton &  Ramsey's  Minstrels  will  be  Dennison,  who  will  po.se  as 
Greek  statuary,  properly  powdered  and  arrayed,  during  the  per- 
formance of  the  troupe. 

Do  not  suppose  that  in  this  progressive  age,  when  Stanley 
turns  up  or  Emin  Bey  is  lost  about  once  every  month,  that  the 
Class  of  '90  will  be  without  its  explorers.  Billy  Griffith,  I  have 
learned,  will,  in  19 10,  fit  out  an  expedition  for  the  wilds  of  Africa, 
in  order  to  find  out  if  some  creek  with  an  unpronouncable  name 
rises  in  a  lake  or  a  pond,  or  a  spring,  or  if  it  rises  at  all.  In  order  to 
obtain  this  valuable  information,  the  expenses  will  be  defrayed  by 
contributions  from  such  wealthy  and  liberal  men  as  Frank  Ford,  the 
spice  importer;  John  Rowland,  the  manufacturer  of  Rowland's 
chewing  tobacco;  and  Billy  Goodwin,  the  gentleman  of  elegant 
leisure. 

The  following  corps  of  assistants  and  attaches  will  accompany 
the  expedition  :  Fritz  Hetzel  and  Harry  Osbourn  as  engineers; 
the  Rev.  Frank  Stevens  and  Benjamin  Walters,  IyL.D.,  as  mission- 
aries to  convert  the  savages ;  Burk  first  and  Stoddart  as  bait  for 
the  cannibals  in  case  they  become  too  obstreperous;  and  Tom 
Whitney  and  L,ew  Audenried  as  galley-slaves  to  row  the  expedi- 
tion over  to  Africa. 

Great  success  will  attend  this  exploration.  Beads  will  be 
exchanged  with  the  natives,  and  shots  fired  over  their  heads,  as  is 
customary  in  all  great  expeditions  of  this  class.  Burk  and  Stod- 
dart will  be  devoured  by  the  inhabitants,  while  Osbourn  and  Wal- 
ters will  take  unto  themselves  wives  of  the  Hottentot  denomination. 
And  here  I  must  mention  the  melancholy  accident  that  will  happen 
to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Stevens,  who,  while  trying  to  see  whether  palm  oil 
tastes  like  fish-house  punch,  will  fall  from  the  tree  and  break  his 
neck. 

The  style  of  poetry  that  Billy  Loyd  has  just  given  you  a 
sample  of  is  good  in  its  way,  but  nothing  new.  He  will  shortly 
far  excel  it,  and  invent  an  entirely  original  plan  of  writing.     In 

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1898  a  volume  of  his  will  appear,  entitled  "  Songs  without  Words. 
The  first  stanza  of  the  first  poem  will  run  as  follows  : 


(You  will  perceive  it  is  written  in  blank  verse.) 


This  blank-blanked  style  has,  it  is  true,  been  popular  since  the 
fall  of  Adam,  but  then  it  has  never  been  known  under  the  name  of 
poetry  before,  and  the  innovation  will  bring  Loyd  fame  and  fortune. 

It  resembles  the  style  of  James  Whitcomb  Riley  in  the  fact 
that  one  can  read  it  without  thinking  of  anything  at  all,  and  it  has 
the  additional  advantage  of  giving  commentators  lots  of  room  to 
dispute  about  the  precise  meanings  of  the  language  used.  Billy 
will  die  universally  respected,  at  a  very  green  old  age. 

Bert  Gamon  is  to  be  an  auctioneer  ;  Mitcheson  and  Patterson 
will  become  six-days' -go-as-you-please  pedestrians  ;  Nicholson  will 
start  a  college  for  granting  bogus  medical  diplomas,  after  the  man- 
ner of  Dr.  Buchanan  ;  Ogden  and  Rowe  will  be  employed  to  write 
theses  by  Colchester  and  Roberts  ;  Schermerhorn  and  Peocock  will 
take  to  the  bar  ;  while  Little  and  Burke  second  will  become  re- 
spected saloon-keepers  in  one  of  the  up-town  wards. 

Gist  and  Babcock  will  die  young  ;  Lorimer,  Cressman,  Capp 
and  the  two  Cullens  will  lead  humble  but  righteous  lives. 

Three  members  of  the  Class  will  shine  in  a  public  sphere — 
C.  W.  Miller,  F.  S.  Nelson  and  Schramm. 

Three  will  marry  young,  and  so  be  dead  to  the  world  and  its 
hopes — Souder,  McCauley  and  Morton  Stevens.  Two  will  marry 
twice,  and  become  ' '  poor  but  honest ' '  parents — Burger  and  Jef- 
ferys.  One  will  become  President  of  the  United  States.  You  will 
find  his  name  a  few  pages  in  advance  in  small  caps. 

When  I  had  taken  all  these  notes,  which  you  have  just  read, 
I  had  finished  my  work.  I  embraced  Clotho,  took  off  my  hat  to 
Lachesis  and  Atropos,  and  said  "farewell"  to  the  deities  of 
Olympus,  as  I  now  say  "  farewell  "  to  you. 

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Read  by  Francis  Bazeey  LEE, 

Ivy  Day,  June  3d,  1890. 


F 


EAREESS  the  runner,  sturdy,  strong  of  limb, 

Bending  like  cedar,  'fore  the  surging  blast — 

For  on  his  lot  the  fateful  die  is  cast. 
Sweeps  round  the  course.     Pray  ye,  fair  nymphs,  for  him 

And  thou,  oh  Zeus  !  in  Agora  dim 
With  all  the  Gods,  in  glory  n'er  surpassed, 
Listen  to  our  prayer.     Mighty  thy  power  and  vast, 
To  fill  our  cup  of  joy  to  teeming  brim. 

In  Hellas  there  are  those  who  dare  compete 
At  this  Olympic  with  Ionia's  son, 
Ye  Gods  ! — oh  runner,  swifter  speed  thy  way, 
The  Eleans  are  waiting  in  their  robes  of  gray 

To  give  the  honor  for  thy  conquering  feet — 
Crown  thee  with  ivy,  for  thy  race  is  won  ! 

Long  thro'  the  night  the  poet  sings, 

'Mid  flowing  wine  and  perfumed  flowers, 
The  yellow  light  harmonious  swings, 
For  at  this  time  a  Caesar  brings 
His  chariot,  drawn  by  captive  kings, 

All  Rome  's  astir  in  length' ning  hours. 


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Now  in  the  pageant  some  would  gain 

A  coveted,  tho'  simple,  prize: 
The  artist  paints  the  golden  grain; 
The  sculptor  carves  the  massive  fane; 
The  poet  sings  his  sweet  refrain, 

With  a  strange  longing  in  his  eyes. 

Triumphant  Caesar  smiles  with  joy, 

And  views  each  task  with  critic's  mind: 
'  Art, ' '  thus  he  speaks,  ' '  is  but  a  toy, 

And  sculpture  is  art's  base  alloy. 

Not  Death  can  Poetry's  soul  destroy, 
Yon  poet's  brow  with  ivy  bind  !  " 

When  Provence  meads  are  sweet  and  green, 

And  Provence  skies  are  soft  and  blue, 
Goes  Troubadour,  with  downcast  mien, 

His  charming  maid  to  win  and  woo. 
A  falser  man  the  world  ne'er  knew — 

Men  say  so — they  always  tell 
All  that  they  know  quite  through  and  through- 

If  'tis  the  truth  they're  doing  well ! 

The  public  conscience  oft  is  lean — 

Ah  !  Troubadour,  I  know  you're  true: 
Such  men  as  you,  forsooth,  I've  seen — 

You're  honest  from  your  cap  to  shoe. 
But  sometimes  you're  a  bit  askew; 

For  inch  you  take  the  frequent  ell, 
And  pass  such  action  in  review, 

Thinking  exactness  is  a  "sell." 

Now,  when  you  can  each  love  sigh  glean, 

And  once  more  worship,  bill  and  coo, 
Bending  anew  before  thy  queen, 

Telling  a  story  ever  new, 
Wear  ivy  on  thy  heart — not  yew — 

And  praise  her  with  a  face  serene,' 
Ah  !  ivy,  wet  with  sparkling  dew  ! 

May  spirits  to  thy  peace  commune  ! 


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Ivy  is  forever  new, 

Ivy  is  life,  with  death  between ; 
Ivy  brings  naught  but  joy  to  you; 

Ivy  is  invisible,  yet  seen. 

Out  on  the  night,  the  Yule-tide  bells  are  ringing, 

Their  brazen  tongues  are  telling, 

Their  iron  throats  are  swelling, 
With  their  noisy  Christmas  follies  and  their  singing. 

Sweet  the  music,  falling,  falling  ; 

Soft  the  echoes,  calling,  calling. 

There  in  the  church  the  lights  are  brightly  shining, 

And  the  red-berried  holly 

Drives  all  melancholy; 
And  the  ivy  on  the  tall  towers  is  a-pining; 

But  each  green  leaf  she  lightly  raises, 
Singing  the  old-time  Christmas  praises. 

Now  swinging  on  the  roof  of  wayside  inn, 
Where  jolly  Bacchus  held  his  vinous  court, 

'Twas  there  one's  life  was  lasting  noise  and  din, 
With  gay  companions  of  the  careless  sort — 

There  was  the  ivy  bush.     Men  came  to  quaff 

The  landlord's  best,  with  many  a  joke  and  laugh, 

With  rolling  song  and  capons  when  they  dine; 

Floating  about  in  monastery  wine, 

Aloft,  the  ivy.    Soon  thay  tore  it  down. 

Suffice,"  said  they.     "This  place  is  known  in  town; 

For  he  who  comes  here,  does  so  on  a  push. 

Down,  ivy  branch;  'good  wine  needs  no  bush.'  " 

There  by  the  lowly  wall,  where  no  one  goes, 

Mouldy  as  a  grave — 'tis  grown  with  danksome  moss- 
Violets  bloom  when  the  suns  kiss  the  snows, 

And  smile  at  skies  when  the  green  branches  toss — 
Some  one  lies  buried;  but  the  passing  years 
Have  'prisoned  memories,  his  hopes  and  love, 
Stolen  his  anguish,  all  his  pains  and  fears, 
Giving  them  to  angels  far  above. 

'Tis  here  an  ivy  grows.     It  teaches  yet 
When  man  neglects,  our  God  does  not  forget. 

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To-day,  O  Ivy,  when  thy  trailing  form, 
Fastens  to  friendly  wall  of  noble  stone, 
What  can  we  learn  from  thee  and  thee  alone  ? 

Here  thy  strong  roots  will  pierce  the  fruitful  glebe, 
Drawing  thy  substance  from  the  welcome  sod, 
So  trustful  must  we  be,  like  thee,  in  God. 

Thy  living  branches  reaching  toward  the  skies, 

They  have  a  burden  all  too  hard  to  bear, 

So  must  we  now  sustain  each  load,  each  care. 

Thy  triune  leaf  has  yet  a  meaning,  too, 

Entire  :  'tis  friendship,  wondrous  word,  wThose  power 

Will  lighten  every  dark,  unhappy  hour. 

Each  thus  implies  a  portion  of  the  whole — 
One,  love  for  Him  who  doeth  all  things  good; 
A  second  for  earth's  mighty  brotherhood. 

And  as  for  us,  may  we  not  have  the  rest  ? 
One  part  for  '90  may  there  ever  be, 
Broad  at  the  base;  the  point,  eternity! 

May  thus  our  ivy  grow,  forever  more 

To  "Pennsylvania's"  pride,  the  honor  of  each  son; 

May  '90  wax  in  wisdom  and  in  lore, 

Until  her  earthy  race  is  past  and  won. 

Then  may  ivy  on  her  shining  brow 

Be  symbol  of  her  life  commencing  now. 


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THE  BOWL-FIGHT. 


TO  the  Class  of  '90  belongs  the  honor  of  rescuing  from  oblivion 
this  ancient  and  time-honored  custom  of  the  University, 
which  came  so  near  dying  an  ignoble  death  at  the  hands  of 
'89.  Why  '89  should  have  presumed  to  take  upon  herself 
the  authority  to  discontinue  the  Bowl-fight,  no  one  knows,  save, 
perchance,  that  little  band  of  chicken-hearted  men  that  dictated  this 
misconceived  policy  to  the  Class.  At  all  events  our  Freshman  year 
came  and  went  without  a  Bowl-fight,  and  our  lowest  third-honor 
man  experienced  the  unusual  sensation  of  hearing  his  name  read 
out  in  chapel  to  a  disinterested  set  of  Sophomores,  while  his  own 
heart  was  minus  those  nervous  flutterings  that  always  accompany 
this  distinction.  By  the  time  our  Sophomore  year  came,  however, 
all  this  was  changed.  The  Sophomoric  atmosphere  had  been  purged 
of  '89,  and  '90  had  the  say.  A  Class  meeting  was  held  (one  of  the 
largest,  by  the  way,  that  has  ever  assembled),  the  decision  of  the 
lower  court  was  reversed  unanimously,  and  '90  made  up  her  mind 


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that  what  had  been  good  enough  for  all  her  worthy  predecessors  was 
good  enough  for  her;  and  so  the  Bowl-fight  lived  and  breathed  once 
more.  Of  course  all  this  had  to  be  kept  sub  rosa,  as  the  Faculty  (bless 
their  hearts  ! )  had  been  pleased  with  '89's  action,  and  were,  no  doubt, 
congratulating  themselves  that  "that  disgraceful  annual  riot"  (sic) 
had  been  done  away  with  forever.  With  this  pleasing  fallacy  up- 
permost in  their  respective  noddles,  the  Faculty  assembled — like- 
wise the  students — on  the  morning  of  the  31st  of  January,  1888,  to 
watch  the  effect  of  the  announcements  made  by  the  silver-tongued 
Aristides  upon  the  expectant  multitude.  The  little  ones  on  the 
back  seats  knew  that  there  was  going  to  be  a  Bowl-fight,  although 
the  Faculty  did  not,  and  there  was  much  nervous  fidgeting  on  those 
same  seats  as  the  great  orator  of  the  Faculty  neared  the  Fresh- 
man list.  He  got  there  at  last,  and  after  he  had  finished  speaking 
it  was  discovered  that  little  Master  Tracy  had  also  ' '  gotten  there ' ' 
with  both  feet;  but  little  Master  Tracy  had  exhibited  a  considerable 
amount  of  discretion  by  staying  away,  and  so  the  mantle  of  Tracy 
fell  upon  Master  Starr,  who  was  pointed  out  to  us  as  ' '  that  handsome 
boy  with  the  black  hair. ' '  With  a  few  remarks  by  the  Sacred  Fox 
appropriate  to  the  season  (and  which  occupied  the  better  part  of  an 
hour  in  delivering),  chapel  was  dismissed,  and  Starr  was  hustled 
downstairs  with  commendable  promptitude.  A  little  time  was  oc- 
cupied in  dressing  (or,  more  properly  speaking,  ^dressing),  and 
then  the  fight  began.  It  was  to  be  a  fight  without  limits,  without  a 
referee,  without  interference  of  any  sort  (at  least  so  we  thought) 
— a  plain  fight  to  the  finish.  A  group  of  '90  men,  reinforced  by 
several  Seniors,  stood  ready  at  the  eastern  door,  with  the  Bowl  in 
their  midst.  A  momentary  suspense,  and  then  the  Freshmen,  who 
had  been  advancing,  with  the  handsome  Starr  as  a  focus,  started 
the  attack.  The  Bowl  was  gradually  forced  outside,  and  soon  the 
cool  seductive  slush  (without  which  no  Bowl-fight  would  be  com- 
plete) began  to  flow  in  streams.  By  a  flank  movement  the  Fresh- 
men succeeded  in  conveying  their  dirt-and-slush-bespattered  Starr 
to  a  place  of  comparative  safety,  and  thus  put  an  end  to  all  at- 
tempts to  form  that  most  difficult  of  connections  —  the  ' '  Bowl- 
man  "  with  the  Bowl.     There  was  then  nothing  to  do  but  to  watch 

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the  Bowl,  and  prevent  its  untimely  dissipation  by  overzealous 
Freshmen;  and  so  that's  what  we  all  did.  The  fight  worked  its 
way  down,  little  by  little,  over  the  campns,  through  the  lower  gate, 
and  out  into  Thirty-fourth  street,  where  the  same  fire-plug  that  has 
so  often  played  its  part  in  Bowl-fights  still  reared  its  inviting  head, 
and  seemed  to  say,  "Please  smash  me  !  "  Here  matters  were  en- 
livened by  a  fusilade  of  snow-balls  from  a  large  contingent  of  the 
West  Philadelphia  breed  of  "mucker,"  which  always  turns  out  in 
full  force  on  such  occasions  and  enjoys  itself  unstintedly.  Several 
of  McBride's  "  favorites  "  were  on  hand  to  see  fair  play,  but  none 
interfered,  and  the  sport  went  on  without  interruption.  The  Fresh- 
men had  now  secured  a  supply  of  their  second  wind,  and  with  the 
assistance  of  a  few  Post-Seniors  and  some  shame-faced  ' '  Bighty- 
niners,"  who  looked  out  of  place,  they  got  the  Bowl  on  top  of  the 
fire-plug,  and  commenced  to  do  violence  to  the  hard-hearted  creature. 
But  Director  Wagner's  coat  of  arms  was  not  smashing  at  that  par- 
ticular time;  and,  as  the  Bowl  was  as  sound  as  a  rock,  we  sat  down 
and  indulged  in  reflections  on  the  susceptibility  of  mankind,  and 
jeered  the  gentle  Freshmen.  Here  the  fight  raged  until  Duncan 
Spaeth,  of  '88, turned  the  fire-plug  on  full,  and  deluged  the  crowd  with 
an  icy  douche,  which  had  the  effect  of  cooling  '91 's  ardor,  and  of 
causing  more  than  one  Post-Senior  to  indulge  freely  in  profanity. 
By  this  time  the  crowd  had  swelled  to  huge  proportions  by  the  advent 
of  the  "  Meds  "  and  "Dents,"  en  masse,  to  the  number  of  two  or 
three  hundred,  all  of  whom  seemed  to  take  an  active  interest  in  the 
fight,  regardless  of  the  great  destruction  incident  to  "plug"  hats 
and  "  store  "  clothes.  Nobody  knows  what  started  them;  but  some 
one  shouted,  "  Let's  rush  the  Bowl  to  Medical  Hall  !  "  and  this  was 
no  sooner  said  than  done.  The  Bowl  at  the  time  was  guarded 
closely  by  a  struggling  detachment  of  our  men,  but  after  our  three 
hours'  tussle  we  were  no  match  for  the  "Meds."  For  the  time 
being  our  "sectional  jealousies"  were  forgotten,  and  side  by  side 
with  the  Freshmen  we  tried  to  prevent  this  gigantic  theft  of 
"  college"  property;  but  it  was  of  no  use;  and  after  an  ineffectual 
"scrap"  on  the  steps  leading  to  Medical  Hall,  during  which  we 
had  the  satisfaction  of  smashing  a  score  or  more  of  stiff  hats,  the 

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"  "Sleds  "  ran  the  Bowl  03-  main  force  through  the  "  stiff-room  "  into 
the  building,  and  there  was  nothing  for  us  to  do  but  to  withdraw. 
The  pill  was  a  bitter  one  to  swallow,  but  we  had  to  do  it ;  and  con- 
sidering it  was  administered  by  the  "  Meds,"  that  was  only  natural. 
However,  after  keeping  the  Bowl  for  some  weeks,  and  indulging  in 
all  sorts  of  terrifying  threats  as  to  its  destruction  and  annihilation, 
the  • '  Meds  ' '  finally  decided  to  return  it  intact.  This  was  a  very 
sensible  thing  to  do,  as  there  is  no  knowing  what  might  have  hap- 
pened at  the  Medical  Commencement  if  it  had  not  been  returned, 
etc.,  etc.  At  all  events,  the  fight  was  a  good  one,  even  if  its  conclu- 
sion was  a  surprise,  and  not  the  least  part  of  the  sport  was  the 
fact  that  the  Faculty  had  been  duped  in  their  efforts  to  interfere 
with  an  old  custom. 

N.  B. — No  one  was  arrested  or  killed,  and  there  were  no   bad  eggs 
thrown,   or  pistols  fired,   and  the  "Bowl-man"  did  not  take  refuge  in 

"Ott's." 


CLASS  SUPPERS. 


)  her  Class  Suppers  '90  owes  much  of  that 
esprit  du  corps  which  has  distinguished 
her  ever  since  she  made  her  bow  at  the 
University.  There  is  no  doubt  about  it 
that  Class  suppers  are  the  pleasantest  fea- 
tures of  college  life,  and  their  memory  is 
reasonably  sure  to  outlive  most  of  the 
other  occurrences  that  go  to  make  up  a 
college  existence. 

Every  Class  makes  the  most  of  them;  but  '90,  under  the  direction 
of  "Cherub"  Stevens,  has  made  a  highly,  successful  specialty  of 
them. 

Our  first  supper  was  held  at  Finelli's,  and  so  far  as  Freshmen  can 
we  enjoyed  ourselves  (or  thought  we  did)  hugely.  The  speeches 
were  about  on  the  average,  with  the  single  exception  of  that  to  the 
"Faculty,"  which,  as  delivered  by  Warrie  Coulston,  was  a  marvel 
of  literary  (?)  excellence. 

By  the  time  Sophomore  year  had  rolled  around,  Hartley  Merrick 
discovered  that  life  was  not  such  a  very  slow  thing  after  all,  and 
under  his  leadership  our  supper,  held  at  the  Colonnade,  was  a  great 
success.  Hartley  was  ably  seconded  in  his  efforts  to  make  things 
lively  by  De  Lancey  Newlin,  a  present  from  '89,  which  we  thor- 
oughly appreciated.  Aside  from  the  "divertissements"  offered  by 
"  Del  "  and  Hartley,  the  feature  of  the  evening  was  Joe  Patterson's 
burst  of  eloquence  when  called  to  respond  to  "  Quondam  Members." 
Joe  was  at  his  best  that  night;  and  though  his  remarks  were  rudely 
interrupted  by  his  rapid  descent  beneath  the  festive  board,  his  speech 
will  long  be  remembered  for  its  wit,  originality  and  brevity. 


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Our  Junior  Supper  was  also  held  at  the  Colonnade,  and  as  "  Del  " 
and  Hartley  had  secured  some  recruits,  success  with  a  big  S  was 
the  order  of  the  evening.  The  Faculty  were  out  in  full  force,  being 
represented  by  Dean  Jayne  and  Professors  Lamberton,  Smith  and 
Patten. 

All  of  our  assemblages,  however,  pale  into  insignificance  when 
compared  with  the  Senior  Supper,  which  was  held  at  the  Bullitt 
Building  on  Thursday,  February  13th.  The  Class  turned  out  in 
full  (!)  force;  and  of  the  Professors,  McElroy,  Koenig  and  Spangler 
were  present. 

Every  man  felt  that  it  was  his  duty  to  make  our  last  Under- 
graduate Supper  a  success.  Hartley,  as  usual,  outstripped  all  com- 
petitors. He  was  the  life  of  the  assemblage.  His  mirth  became 
infectious;  and  even  Minnie  Stoddard  so  far  forgot  herself  as  to 
smoke  two  cigarettes. 

Ben  Allen  and  Jay  Gates  represented  the  Quondams.  We  all 
knew  that  Ben  had  a  fine  voice,  but  we  never  appreciated  its  power 
until  he  gave  us  ' '  Annie  Laurie. ' '  This  beautiful  Scotch  melody  as 
rendered  by  Ben  is  a  thing  to  be  imitated  but  never  attained.  The 
toasts  were  unusually  good,  the  one  to  "The  Ladies, "  responded  to 
by  Frank  L,ee,  being  particularly . 

All  things  must  come  to  an  end,  however;  and,  after  allowing 
Hartley  to  sing  "Annie  Laurie"  for  the  416th  time,  we  left  the 
classic  halls  of  the  Bullitt  Building,  much  to  the  regret  of  everyone, 
and  of  those  in  particular  who  had  been  enjoying  quiet  naps  in  the 
corners. 

P.  S. — The  bill  for  breakage  and  general  wear  and  tear  on  the 
furniture  amounted  to  $12.65. 


Hymnus  AnglU 


Hymnus  Cermaoicufc 


ttsrg: 


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Ordo  Processus. 


Ordo  Rerum. 


Hymnus  Solemni*  Latinus. 


CREMATION, 


ALLOWING  extract  will  explain  itself : 

[The  Public  Ledger,  Phila.,  June  5th,  1S88.] 

' '  The  Sophomores  held  their  annual  Cremation 
last  evening  at  8.30  o'clock.  To  an  impartial 
and  unbiased  spectator  it  was  probably  the 
most  successful  Cremation  ever  held  in  the  University. 
A  return  was  made  to  the  older  and  simpler  forms  of  Cremation — a 
return  most  agreeable  and  refreshing  after  the  '  Spanish  Inquisi- 
tions,' etc.,  of  previous  years.  The  programme,  too,  deserves 
special  notice,  the  frontispiece  being  a  particularly  effective  de- 
sign, and  reflecting  great  credit  upon  the  artistic  taste  and  ability 
of  the  Class.  The  head  and  tail-pieces,  too,  which  adorned  the  in- 
side pages  were  scarcely  less  effective,  being,  however,  more  of  the 
nature  of  sketches  than  the  frontispiece. 

"The  Latin  language  was  employed  throughout  the  entire  pro- 
gramme in  agreement  with  ancient  usage  at  College  Cremations.  The 
only  exceptions  to  the  use  of  Latin  were  the  two  '  Hymns  '  on  the 
back  page,  a  couple  of  excellent  specimens  of  English  and  German 
verse  respective^.  Promptly  at  the  hour  appointed,  the  solemn  pro- 
cession started  from  the  basement  of  College  Hall,  an  excellent  band 


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leading  the  procession  and  playing  the  'Dead  March  in  Saul/ 
Immediately  after  the  band  came  the  Chief  Devil,  attired  in  a  most 
realistic  red  suit,  and  bearing  aloft  the  significant  pitchfork,  closely 
followed  by  eight  tall,  lithe  devils  bearing  a  black  coffin  on  a  bier, 
containing  the  two  books  to  be  burnt,  '  Lodge's  Mechanics '  and 
1  Cohn's  Bacterien.'  Then  followed  the  Leader  of  the  Chorus,  fol- 
lowed by  the  Chorus  itself,  a  small  but  well-chosen  selection  of 
good  voices,  who  sang  most  acceptably  throughout  the  programme. 
Then  followed  the  remainder  of  the  Class,  marching  four  abreast  in 
solemn  array,  and  carrying  aloft  torches,  which  cast  a  weird,  un- 
earthly light  over  the  scene.  A  few  childish  Freshmen  endeavored 
to  interfere  with  the  progress  of  the  procession,  but  were  so  sum- 
marily dealt  with  by  the  rear  guard  that  they  immediately  desisted 
and  gave  no  further  trouble. 

"The  programme  was  most  effectively  carried  through,  and 
nothing  occurred  to  mar  the  success  of  the  occasion.  A  few 
drunken  medicals  tried  to  throw  some  rotten  eggs  at  the  Chief  Devil, 
but  happily  missed  him,  and  were  soon  hustled  off  the  grounds  by 
the  stalwart  blue-bottles,  and  given  time  to  reflect  in  the  neighbor- 
ing police  station.  After  the  flames  from  the  pyre  had  spent  them- 
selves, and  the  last  dying  embers  had  expired,  the  Class  re-formed 
and  marched  back  to  the  College  Hall,  where  it  dismissed.  The 
grand  stand  was  packed  with  the  fair  friends  of  more  than  one 
Sophomore  who  participated;  and  although  some  of  them  shrieked 
a  little  bit,  and  pretended  to  be  shocked  at  the  ghostly  procession  as 
it  wound  its  way  up  the  long  track,  yet  the  only  exclamations 
heard  as  the  crowd  dispersed  were  'Perfectly  lovely,'  'Wasn't  it 
just  fine?'  and  the  like." 

P.S. — Cremation  never  came  off. 


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OUR  "COURSE' 


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78 


THE  JUNIOR  BALL. 


T 


HE  night  of  the  first  of  February,  1889, 
will  descend  to  posterity  as  the  date 
of  a  famous  event  in  the  social  annals 
of  Old  Penn  ;  for  on  that  memor- 
able night  the  Class  of  '90  played  the 
host  for  the  first  time,  and  gave,  what  time 
has  proved  to  have  been,  a  model  Junior 
Ball.  And  what  a  unique  thing  is  a  Junior 
Ball  !  It  is  then  that  the  blase  Junior  dons 
his  dress  suit  with  the  greatest  care  and  wears 
his  most  attractive  air.  How  his  bosom 
swells  with  conscious  pride  as  he  treads  the 
unoffending  "crash"  beneath  his  feet,  and 
promenades  up  and  down  the  gayly  decorated 
chapel  with  his  best  girl  on  his  arm  !  He 
even  feels  a  kind  condescension  toward  the  cynical  Senior,  who 
views  him  with  languid  eye,  and  protests  that  he  has  come  ' '  merely 
to  pass  away  an  evening."  Then,  too,  there  is  the  Sophomore  who 
is  just  beginning  "  to  feel  his  oats,"  and  who  maybe  heard  recount- 
ing his  deeds  of  athletic  prowess  to  an  admiring  circle  of  females, 
or  boasting  of  the  number  of  glasses  of  ' '  real  champagne ' '  that 
he  has  tossed  off  at  his  Class  Supper  !  And  last,  but  by  no  means 
least  (oh  !  no),  there  is  the  small  but  self-assertive  Freshman, 
who  treads  on  his  partner's  toes  or  upsets  a  glass  of  punch  over  her 
ball  dress,  through  his  uncontrollable  nervousness,  and  beneath 
whose  dress  suit  (sent  home  fresh  from  the  tailor's  that  same  day) 
there  maybe  seen,  peeping  out  at  wrists  and  ankles,  the  unmistak- 


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able  garb  of  the  nursery.  But  this  is  more  or  less  of  a  digression. 
Everything  seemed  to  conspire  together  on  that  particular  night  to 
make  the  ball  a  success.  The  weather  outdid  itself,  and  from  a  cold 
and  frosty  sky  the  moon  and  stars  shone  benignly  down  upon  the 
scene  of  the  festivities.  The  committee,  likewise,  had  conspired 
together  for  some  weeks  previous,  and  late  in  the  afternoon  of  the 
day  of  the  ball  the  majority  of  them  perspired  (and  very  freely, 
too)  in  their  endeavors  to  get  a  four-oared  shell,  which  they  had 
carried  all  the  way  over  from  the  boat-house  into  the  chapel,  for  the 
purpose  of  decoration.  Their  efforts,  unfortunately,  fell  through, 
and  the  shell  came  very  near  following  suit  as  it  swung  in  mid-air 
between  the  first  and  second  floors.  Despite  this  single  drawback, 
the  committee  succeeded  in  transforming  the  chapel  and  staircases 
into  a  mass  of  flowers  and  decoration,  and  the  faces  of  the  stern 
portraits  relaxed  as  they  gazed  out  on  the  scene  before  them.  The 
music,  under  Herzberg's  skilled  baton,  was  all  that  could  have  been 
desired;  and  the  supper,  which  was  served  on  the  third  floor,  was 
amply  sufficient  to  supply  all  the  demands  that  were  made  upon  it. 
This  last  feature  was  all  the  more  noticeable,  as  it  had  become 
customary  with  previous  Classes  to  provide  two  hundred  and  fifty 
suppers  for  three  hundred  guests,  a  proceeding  that  caused  more 
or  less  discomfort  and  irritabilit3r,  to  say  nothing  of  the  wear  and 
tear  on  the  china.  At  '90's  "Junior"  the  breakage  of  china  was 
very  slight,  but  the  debris  of  wrecked  hearts  was  something  fearful 
in  its  immensity;  and  we  know  of  more  than  one  case  (no  names 
shall  be  mentioned)  in  which  the  damage  was  irreparable.  Ever}r 
Class  claims  that  its  Junior  Ball  was  a  success,  and  '90  is  no 
exception  to  the  rule,  though  at  the  same  time  the  feeling  steals 
over  us  that  in  no  case  has  that  claim  been  made  with  greater  justi- 
fication.    Eong  may  its  memory  wave  ! 


THE  "MASK  AND  WIG." 


eBT  the  shrill  clarions  sound!  Let 
the  trumpets  blast  forth  their  notes 
of  triumph,  and  let  all  things  do 
obeisance  to  the  great  king  of  Col- 
lege Dramatic  Organizations — "The Mask 
and  Wig !"  The  four  years  that  have  passed 
over  the  walls  of  Old  Penn 
have  seen  more  than  one  re- 
vival within  those  hallowed 
IL.  precincts.  They  have  seen 
jt  Deans  come  and  go,  they  have 
seen  Glee  Clubs  fall  and  rise,  they  have  seen  Charles  Peter  Big 
Chump  JefFerys  matriculate  and  graduate,  they  have  seen  the  Red 


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and  Blue  take  its  origin  amid  debris,  and  its  consequent  mad  literary 
career,  they  have  even  seen  "  Pomp  "  buy  a  new  hat;  but  above  all 
these  things,  they  have  seen  "The  Mask  and  Wig"  spring,  Minerva- 
like, from  the  fertile  brains  of  two  sons  of  Old  Penn,  and  carve  for 
itself  a  lasting  fame.  Ninety  is  proud  of  The  Mask  and  Wig,  and 
she  is  proud  of  the  share  she  has  taken  in  making  The  Mask  and 
Wig  what  it  is. 

But  how  did  it  all  come  about  ?     Whence  came  this  sturdy  his- 
trionic exotic  ? 

Well,  we'll  have  to  go  back  a  little — not  very  far,  for  this  healthy 
specimen  is  only  two  years  old — so  as  to  trace  its  birth.  In  the 
fall  of  '88  (not  the  Class,  but  the  year),  a  little  cloud  appeared  on 
the  dramatic  horizon,  "  no  bigger  than  a  man's  hand."  This  little 
cloud  had  "Mask  and  Wig"  written  on  it  in  large  letters,  and 
seemed  to  have  a  large  assortment  of  silver  lining.  At  first  it  was 
received  with  some  suspicion.  Those  who  had  been  familiar  with 
the  Frazier-Ashhurst  Dramatic  Organization  and  Amram's 
' '  Yorick  ' '  Club  of  former  years  could  scarcely  feel  any  other  sen- 
sation than  that  of  suspicion  at  this  new  phenomenon.  Field- 
glasses  were  brought  into  requisition,  and  soon  behind  the  little 
cloud  the  flowing  mustache  and  spectacles  of  ' '  Clayton  Fotterall  L. 
McMichael,"  of  '91,  were  detected,  along  with  the  blonde  wig  and 
short  legs  of  our  own  Freddie  Neilson,  and  then  the  whole  thing 
came  out,  and  the  proposition  was  made  to  found  a  dramatic  organi- 
zation, under  the  title  of  "The  Mask  and  Wig,"  to  be  conducted 
entirely  by  the  students  of  the  University.  A  meeting  was  held, 
articles  of  incorporation  were  drawn  up,  officers  were  elected,  and 
The  Mask  and  Wig  stood  ready  for  its  work.  The  first  thing  to  be 
done,  of  course,  was  to  map  out  a  line  of  action,  and  it  was  decided 
to  make  burlesque  the  field  of  work,  as  the  most  likely  to  be  suc- 
cessful. There  were  the  usual  obstacles  to  be  overcome;  the  in- 
variable opposition  that  is  made  at  the  "  Uny  "  to  anything  that  is 
new;  the  signal  failures  that  had  attended  all  previous  efforts  (with 
one  exception)  of  a  similar  character;  and,  finally,  the  difficulties  of 
organization.  But  "The  Mask  and  Wig' '  was  not  stopping  for  trifles ; 
it  had  been  started  with  an  object  in  view;  and,  without  turning  to 

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the  left  or  the  right,  it  went  on  until  it  culminated  in  its  initial 
production  of  "Lurline." 

The  rehearsals  for  "Lurline"  began  some  time  in  December,  i888r 
and  were  held  regularly  at  the  house  of  McMichael,  '91,  and  at  the 
Penn  Club,  which  had  kindly  volunteered  the  use  of  its  rooms  for 
the  purpose.  This  arrangement  was  kept  up  until  a  week  before 
the  performance,  when  the  rehearsals  were  held  on  the  Chestnut 
Street  Opera  House  stage.  Finally,  on  the  night  of  the  4th  of 
June,  1889,  "The  Mask  and  Wig"  produced  its  first  burlesque,  and  it 
is  safe  to  say  that  the  success  which  attended  "Lurline"  that 
night  was  as  complete  as  it  was  unexpected.  The  house  was  a 
brilliant  one,  and  the  performance  went  off  without  a  hitch  of  any 
sort;  and  the  show  was  all  the  mere  creditable  to  "The  Mask  and 
Wig,"  inasmuch  as,  with  the  exception  of  the  stage-manager  and 
the  orchestra,  the  affair  was  managed  wholly  by  the  students  them- 
selves. Each  class  furnished  its  quota  of  men  for  the  cast,  and  '90 
was  ably  represented  among  the  rest.  Freddie  Neilson,  of  course, 
represented  himself.  We  don't  know  why  it  was  that  Fred  didn't 
take  the  leading  role  in  ' '  Lurline. ' '  It  must  have  been  that 
"modesty  forbade"  him;  although  they  do  say  that  when  one  of 
the  newspaper  accounts  reported  him  as  having  ' '  assumed  one  of 
the  minor  roles  with  credit "  (when  he  really  shared  honors  with 
McMichael),  Fred  was  very  angry,  and  gave  vent  to  expressions 
that  could  not  be  taught  to  a  Sunday-school  class  without  moral 
danger.  Then  there  was  Warrie  Coulston,  who  couldn't  advertise 
himself  sufficiently  as  business-manager  of  the  University,  and  so 
he  overcame  his  bashful  nature,  and  strove  after  histrionic  honors. 
Warrie  had  quite  a  handsome  costume  in  "Lurline"  which  he 
thought  was  becoming  to  him,  and  he  forthwith  had  several  photos 
taken  of  "The  Herald,"  in  full  costume,  for  distribution  and  the 
trade.  Underneath  each  one  he  had  printed  neatly  his  famous  line 
— "Ladies!  Ladies!  Don't  the  Herald  tease!  "  These  met  with  a 
ready  sale,  and  Warrie  was  happy.  "  Buck  "  Trotter  and  Hartley 
Merrick  ' '  filled  minor  roles  admirably. ' '  They  both  took  the  parts 
of  "  Slobs-in-Ordinary  to  Sir  Rupert."  and  thought  it  would  make 
things  realistic  to  drink  a  bottle  of  beer  apiece  during  the  opening 

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chorus.  "Further  On!"  as  Dr.  Easton  would  say,  they  danced 
"  Razzle-Dazzle "  with  such  keen  appreciation  and  naturalness 
that  one  fair  damsel  in  the  house,  who  had  observed  the  consump- 
tion of  the  beer,  was  overheard  to  remark  in  an  alarmed  tone  to 
her  chaperone,  "Oh!  are  they  really  and  truly  intoxicated  ?"  As 
for  "Buck,"  it  was  all  we  could  do  to  persuade  him  to  allow 
Anthony  Boch  to  remove  his  mustache,  so  deeply  enamored  of  it 
had  he  become;  it  was  only  by  holding  out  to  him  the  alluring 
prospect  of  having  another  one  just  like  it  in  the  next  performance 
that  we  could  induce  him  to  part  with  it. 

The  Record  predicts  for  "  The  Mask  and  Wig  a  brilliant  future  " 
— a  future  full  of  honor  to  itself  and  of  fame  to  Good  Old  Penn. 
Even  during  the  short  period  of  its  existence  The  Mask  and  Wig 
has  been  the  means  of  bringing  honor  to  the  name  of  the  Uni- 
versity; and  if  every  succeeding  production  of  the  Club  achieves 
as  great  a  success  as  did  its  first,  last  and  only  production  so  far, 
the  limits  of  its  renown  will  be  unbounded.  May  its  shadow  con- 
tinually grow  greater,  and  never  less! 


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WHAT    I     AM. 


WHAT  I  AM  COMING  TO.  WHAT  I  HAVE  BEEN. 


FREDERICK  BROOKE  NEILSON. 
His  Coat-of-Arms. 


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S6 


THE  IVY  BALL. 


INETY  as  a  Class  has  ever  been  the 
very  acme  of  gallantry ;  little 
wonder  then  that  '90  should  have 
given  two  such  balls  as  her  Junior 
and  Ivy.  Ninety  wished  the  girls  to  enjoy  themselves  at  least 
once  during  each  of  the  two  years  just  passed;  and  the  fair  ones, 
true  to  their  sublime  nature,  refused  to  disappoint  '90,  and  did 
enjoy  themselves  to  a  degree  that  struck  joy  to  the  cardiac  cord  of 
the  committees. 

That  the  Ivy  Ball  was  a  social  and  terpsichorean  success  is 
undeniable;  but  it  must  be  confessed  that  the  committee  felt — and 
with  great  justice — unusual  pride  in  the  ball  on  the  ground  that, 
although  a  subscription  ball,  it  savored  of  the  invitation  in  the  out- 
come to  the  committee  to  the  sum  and  substance  of  $ ;  but  what 

man  of  the  committee  regrets  it?  Did  we  not  know  that  we  would  run 
behind,  and  instead  of  cutting  down  expenses  we  made  a  neat  little 
pile  of  valuables  on  the  floor  of  the  Hall,  and  with  appropriate  ser- 
vices dedicated  them  to  your  enjoyment,  faire  ladyes  ?  But  we  did  not 
have  to  call  on  the  pile.  The  deliberations  of  the  Ivy  Ball  Commit- 
tee were  never  as  thorough  as  the  deliberations  that  characterized 
the  meetings  of  the  other  committees.  We  were  supposed  to  meet 
at  5  on  Fridays  at  John  Brinton's  ;  John  was  the  only  man  ever 
there  at  5.  Our  chairman  is  in  love,  and  used  to  be  half  an  hour 
late  every  Friday — we  could  only  guess  why — and  he  invariably 
adjourned  the  meeting  at  6  because  he  took  his  weekly  bath  before 
dinner  on  Fridays. 

But  those  short  meetings  were  long  enough  to  allow  arrange- 


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ments  to  be  made  for  the  best  ball  ever  given  by  a  college  class; 
the  supper  (to  begin  with  the  distinctly  mundane)  was  really  excel- 
lent, well  served,  no  crowding  at  the  table  and  altogether  thoroughly 
well  managed;  the  decorations  were  the  best  an  Ivy  ever  saw,  which 
was  due  in  some  measure  to  the  greater  convenience  of  St.  George's 
Hall  over  the  League;  the  music  was  (we  quote)  "  simply  dreamy;  " 
the  men  handsome  and  gallant;  the — far  be  it  from  me  to  attempt  to 
say  just  what  were  those  delicate  little  butterflies  that  flitted  hither 
and  thither  through  the  halls,  easily  and  gracefully  gliding  around 
the  dancing-floor.  Floor,  did  we  say? — they  did  not  need  a  floor ;  their 
feet  never  touched  it;  they  just  sort  of  sailed  around  as  if  they  were 
dancing  on  a  creamy  way.  Ah,  those  touching  scenelets  on  the 
stairways — touching  was  an  apt  word — ah !  But  far  be  it  from  us, 
etc.     We  will  quote  from  our  fellows: 

Merrick  (philosopher). — "There  can  be  little  doubt  that  the 
smoothness  of  this  affair  can  be  compared  with  perfection  to  the 
same  quality  in  an  egg-flip." 

Audenried  (athlete). — "  Any  man  who  says  that  he  has  seen  more 
pretty  girls  in  one  place  on  any  occasion  will  meet  me  at  2.30  on 
Juniper  Street." 

Lee  (poet). — 

"  The  girls  are  fine,  as  fine  as  silk, 
So  also  the  free  lunch; 
The  dancing-floor  is  smooth  as  milk; 
And,  mamma!  taste  that  punch!  " 


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WASHINGTON'S    BIRTHDAY    CELEBRATION 


I  ^VSHINGTON'S  Birthday  occurred  this  year  on  the  Twenty- 

111  second  of  February.*  For  some  years  past  it  has  been 
V^y  customary  to  hold,  on  this  noteworthy  date,  an  elaborate 
celebration  in  the  chapel,  intended  to  suitably  commemo- 
rate the  immortal  George's  debut  into  this  stern,  cold  world;  and 
this  year  was  no  exception  to  the  rule.  For  weeks  previous,  adver- 
tisements were  freely  circulated  through  college,  stating  that  ' '  the 
exercises  will  be  made  doubly  attractive  by  the  services  of  the 
Orchestra,  Glee,  and  Banjo  Clubs,"  and  that  "the  Provost  will  make 
an  address."     Ye  gods!  was  not  this  enough  by  itself  to  draw  a 

*  This  date  has  been  verified  by  careful  astronomical  observations  by  Hartley  Mer- 
rick, assisted  by  Dr.  Kendall  (both  of  the  University).  The  calculations  will  shortly 
be  published  in  book  form. 

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crowd  without  any  other  musical  organization  ?  The  mere  an- 
nouncement that  the  Provost  was  to  be  seen — actually  seen — within 
the  University's  walls,  created  a  premature  panic,  which  was  only 
quelled  by  the  counter-announcement  that  Jackson  would  also  be 
present  to  deliver  an  address  on  the  "Marking System."  Lured  on 
by  these  gilded  prospects,  large  crowds  of  people  assembled  in  the 
chapel  to  hear  (as  per  advert)  the  Glee  Club  sing,  the  Orchestra  and 
Banjo  Clubs  play,  Duane  render  a  few  (?)  of  the  most  stirring  pas- 
sages of  Washington's  "  Farewell  Address,"  and  last,  and  chiefestof 
all,  to  hear  the  annual  free  dispensation  of  taffy  by  Pepper. 

This  is  wThat  they  all  assembled  to  hear;  but  they  didn't  hear  it. 
The  instant  the  orchestra  struck  up  "God  save  the  Queen,"  the 
ubiquitous  Penniman  entered  the  door  and  swept  majestically  across 
the  chapel  in  front  of  the  stage,  creating  a  cold  draught  through 
the  place,  and  making  about  as  much  noise  as  a  ton  of  coal  deposit- 
ing itself  in  a  cellar.  Without  noticing  the  Trustees,  he  proceeded 
to  dispose  chairs  in  graceful  and  artistic  positions  on  the  right  of 
the  audience  with  an  air  (not  the  same  one  as  the  Orchestra  was 
struggling  with  either)  of  great  impressiveness.  Everybody 
thought  this  was  part  of  the  ceremony  and  burst  into  prolonged 
plaudits,  which  drowned  out  the  Orchestra  just  as  it  was  finishing. 
"  Fat "  Miller  swore  a  fearful  oath,  but  it  was  of  no  use,  and  only 
served  to  increase  Joe's  complacency  with  himself  and  things  in 
general.  Then  the  Glee  Club  stepped  forth  and  arranged  itself 
with  a  decided  eye  to  affect,  as  Freddie  Neilson  waved  his  baton 
and  assumed  that  well-known  "  the  Glee  Club  c'estmoV  "  expression. 
Again  the  audience  (on  its  part)  assumed  a  hush  of  expectancy,  as 
Miller  and  "  Clayt  "  McMichael  began  their  "  duo" — "  Friendship." 
It  was  rudely  interrupted,  however,  by  a  commotion  at  the  door, 
which  was  occasioned  by  Warren  Hale,  Frank  Ford  and  the 
"  Cherub"  arriving  late,  each  followed  by  a  fair  damsel.  Before 
they  had  quieted  down,  the  Glee  Club  had  finished  "  making  night 
hideous"  with  its  weird  noises,  and  the  Banjo  Club  had  begun. 
The  "  twangers  "  met  with  slightly  better  success,  although  accom- 
panied by  continuous  yells  from  a  party  of  "  Meds  "  on  the  rear 
benches,  and  frequent  salvos  of  "  Who  was  Georg-ie  Wash-ing-ton," 

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etcetera,  from  some  overexuberant  Freshmen.  Then  came  the 
Provost's  address,  that  splendid  annual  effort,  which  proved  to  be 
the  piece  de  resistance  of  a  truly  Epicurean  feast.  How  we  all  craned 
our  ears  (do  not  stop  to  find  fault  with  our  mixed  metaphors,  kind 
reader,  but  let  it  pass)  to  catch  his  candied  words  !  Verily,  the 
chapel  was,  for  the  nonce,  turned  into  a  miniature  "Huyler's." 
Taffy  flowed  in  viscous  streams.  The  Trustees  bathed  in  it.  The 
Faculty  filled  themselves  with  it  up  to  their  very  nozzles.  The 
students  revelled  in  it,  and  even  after  all  this  "  Pomp  "  and  "  Otto  " 
came  in  for  their  share.  The  Great  Kaiser's  words  were  "sweeter 
than  honey  in  the  honey-comb,"  and  filled  us  all  with  joy  at  the 
thought  of  the  greatness  of  Pepper  University  {alias  University  of 
Pennsylvania).  The  eventful  celebration  wound  up  with  the 
' '  Farewell  Address  ' '  (our  apologies  are  offered  to  ' '  Fat ' '  Miller  and 
the  Orchestia),  and  the  crowd  filed  out,  pondering  as  to  which  was 
the  greater  man,  Washington  or  Pepper,  and  filled  with  sad  reflec- 
tions on  the  deceptions  of  advertising. 


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Little  Lord  McElroy. 


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fy-y*     A*—     <—?/    ^<*-> 


fl/tr    Vl^—/     -     ^ *— - 

A-7  ;w    -  *wfc-  /**^ 

Correspondence  of  Celebrated  Men  of  L,etters. 


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IN  PHILO. 


F 


'ROM  the  speeches  of  the  old  Philo- 
matheans  at  the  Seventy-Fifth  An- 
niversary one  might  naturally  sup- 
pose that  the  only  students  in  the 
University  who  had  the  slightest 
chance  of  becoming  famous  were  those 
who  had  been  moderators  of  Philo.  Al- 
though Ogden,  Burk  and  Penniman  have 
as  yet  shown  no  abnormal  development, 
we  think  it  necessary  that  they  should  be 
clearly  pointed  out,  in  order  that  an  inter- 
ested public  may  watch  the  growth  of 
pure  genius.  Oggie  was  the  first  moder- 
ator from  '90  —  Oggie  famous  for  his 
mighty  preludes,  suave  apologies  and  pro- 
found obeisances.  Oggie  has  a  happy 
faculty  of  winding  himself  around  the  heart-strings  of  judges;  he 
has  one  gesture  with  his  right  hand  that  is  always,  at  crises  of 
perorations,  producing  magical  results.  Oggie  spent  the  greater 
part  of  his  term  of  office  electioneering  for  Burk,  and  then  did  his 
best  to  make  the  Hall  a  scene  of  anarchy.  Burk,  however,  found 
a  way  to  stop  the  disorder.  The  little  Jerseyman,  who  can  say  less 
in  more  words  than  any  living  creature,  would  step  to  the  rostrum, 
whereupon  the  worst  members  would  fly  to  to  the  library  and  the 
rest  promptly  go  to  sleep.  Penniman  restored  the  reign  of  law; 
he  was  chosen  solely  for  the  purpose  of  sitting  upon  Dickson,  which 
he  did  with  commendable  promptness  and  ability.     Otherwise  he 


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was  not  very  useful.  He  would  come  dashing  up  from  the  editorial 
sanctum  having  forgotten  all  about  Philo,  hustle  through  the  pro- 
ceedings, choke  off  long-winded  orators,  adjourn  the  meeting,  and 
then  hurry  downstairs  to  spend  the  night  in  pumping  state  secrets 
out  of  Plank.  As  the  other  '90  men  have  honestly  paid  their  dues, 
it  is  only  fair  to  make  mention  of  them  as  well,  though  we  will  not 
include  the  two  girls,  Fannie  Nicholson,  who  skipped  when  she 
was  declared  insolvent,  and  Minnie  Stoddard,  who  grew  too  fat  to 
climb  the  stairs.  Kushida  and  Schermerhorn  look  after  the  Whar- 
ton School  interests  and  see  that  all  proposals  from  Farr  and  Lloyd 
are  promptly  voted  down ;  these  supposed  worshippers  of  pure  st}de 
they  regard  with  a  suspicion  that  neither  Farr's  perennial  and 
seductive  smile  nor  Loyd's  excessive  willingness  to  perform  can 
alla}^.  Two  more  must  be  mentioned,  Philo's  song  birds,  Gamon 
and  Truitt.  The  Freshmen  treat  StifFendus  with  respect  as  the 
author  (in  embryo)  of  an  edition  of  Horace;  they  gather,  too,  about 
Gamon' s  knees,  listen  to  his  tales  of  fraud  and  impeachment  with 
childish  wonder,  and  promise  to  be  good  boys  and  not  to  juggle 
with  the  ballot-balls .  How  the  society  without  the  vocal  assistance 
of  the  last-named  members  will  ever  be  able  to  raise  a  tune  is  a 
problem  yet  to  be  solved.  Perhaps  Knowles  is  the  coming  night- 
ingale. 


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THE  SCIENTIFIC  SOCIETY. 


OME  of  us  were  talking  over 
matters  the  other  day,  and, 
among  other  things,  were 
wondering  why  it  was  that 
'90  was  so  slimly  represented 
in  our  Society.  Some  one  suggested 
that,  inasmuch  as  '90  devoted  so 
much  attention  to  athletics,  it  could 
hardly  be  expected  that  she  should 
show  an  equal  amount  of  interest  in  science  and  literature.  But 
this  isn't  so,  for  it  is  unnatural  to  suppose  that  the  Scientific  So- 
ciety should  be  overlooked  by  a  Class  which  could  furnish  Philo 
with  such  men  as  Josh  Penniman,  the  well-known  journalist  and 
editor,  and  I/ulu  Ogden,  the  author  of  the  popular  series  of  chil- 
dren's books  in  easy  words  of  one  syllable;  not  to  mention  Lloyd, 
the  poet,  and  Mr.  Burk,  the  novelist,  author  of  "  A  Young  Lady  of 
Clarksboro."  No;  those  who  know  the  true  inwardness  of  the 
affair  know  that  the  biggest  mistake  the  Scientific  Society  ever 
made  was  when  it  elected  Joe  Mitcheson  to  membership. 

Mitchie  is  a  nice  enough  fellow  in  his  way,  but  he  likes  to  talk 
too  much.  The  trouble  was  that  he  was  almost  the  first  '90  man 
elected,  and  after  that  we  couldn't  get  any  more  of  them  up,  for 
they  all  knew  well  enough  what  they  would  have  to  stand  if  he 
was  there.  In  fact,  he  hadn't  been  in  the  Society  very  long  before 
they  altered  the  constitution  (to  make  him  eligible),  and  then 
elected  him  President,  to  see  if  that  wouldn't  shut  him  up  and  make 
him  give  some  one  else  a  chance. 

But  since  '90  has  had  charge  of  the  Scientific  Society,  even 
though  that  control  has  been  vested  in  Mitchie' s  form,  the  Society 
has  had  three  well-defined  objects.  The  first  object  (as  has  prob- 
ably been  guessed  already)  is  to  give  Joe  some  place  where  he  can 
talk  to  his  heart's  content.     The  second  object  is  to  provide  some 


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place  within  the  college  walls  where  scientifically-inclined  men 
may  peruse  "  Scientif 's  "  library,  which  consists  of  a  few  back 
numbers  of  Puck,  Judge  and  Life,  together  with  the  first  volume  of 
Jester  (uncut).  The  third  and  last  object  of  the  Sc.  S.  (we  say  Sc.  S. 
instead  of  .S*.  ►S.  for  fear  the  latter  might  be  mistaken  for  Sunday 
School)  is  to  give  Mitchie  and  Dick  Humphrey  a  chance  to  be 
together  as  much  as  possible.  These  are  all  worthy  objects,  and 
the}- have  brought  a  goodly  dower  of  success  upon  the  Society, 
which  has  thus  supplied  so  many  long-felt  wants.  As  things  stand 
now,  it  is  just  possible  that  the  Society  may  have  to  subscribe  to 
Punchy  as  the  demand  for  purely  scientific  works  is  increasing 
rapidly,  and  bids  fair  to  soon  exceed  the  Society's  already  generous 
supply. 

We  have  a  motto  up  at  "Scientif,"  and  anyone  who  doesn't 
believe  in  the  truth  of  the  sentiment  it  expresses  need  only  come 
up  some  evening  when  our  Adonis  is  advertised  to  speak,  and  if 
Mens  don't  agitat  molem  and  everybody  sneak  out  when  Harrison 
Souder  begins,  the  gate  money  will  be  refunded.  You  see,  Souder's 
intellect  is  not  merely  massive;  it  is  heavy;  and  when  he  sets  it 
working  on  "  road  construction,"  or  on  "The  Philadelphia  Water 
Supply,"  mental  dyspepsia  is  sure  to  follow  as  a  necessary  con- 
sequence. 

Nelson  knows  too  much.  He  belonged  to  some  debating 
society  or  other  before  he  came  to  college,  and  he  is  all  the  time 
preparing  ' '  snags  ' '  for  the  President,  who  never  read  the  Parlia- 
mentary Rules,  and  hasn't  the  faintest  idea  about  properly  conduct- 
ing a  meeting.  So  when  Nelson  gets  up  and  says  he  ' '  rises  to  a 
point  of  order,"  "  Mitchie,"  who  don't  know  what  that  means,  but 
thinks  it  incumbent  upon  his  dignity  to  say  something,  remarks 
carelessly,  "Oh,  all  right;  objection  sustained,"  and  then  he  lets 
things  take  their  course  and  waits  to  see  what  will  happen.  What 
happens  is  that  Nelson  gets  up  again,  and  then  a  third  time;  and 
when  the  President  requests  him  to  "  give  us  a  rest,"  he  gets  angry 
and  says  that  if  they  can't  have  things  done  in  decency  and  order 
he  moves  they  adjourn.  Ever3rbody  yells  aye  without  waiting  for 
the  question  and  rushes  out. 

97 


THESES. 


A 


UDENRIED,   W/i.—The  Public  Domain. 

Babcock,  Arts. — The  Agreement  of  Science  and  Philosophy 

with  Religion. 
Boyer,  Sc. — Uranium:    Its  History  and  Properties. 

Brinton,  Arts. — Turgot  and  his  Economic  Theories. 

Burger,  Sc. — Ozone. 

Burk,  Arts. — Differentiation  and  Overspecialization. 

Burke,  Arts. — Descartes  and  his  Analytical  .Geometry. 

Calves,  Sc. — An  Oblique  Arch  on  the  Buck  System. 

Capp,  Sc. — Pressure  Gauges. 

Coulston,  Arts. — A  History  of  Modern  Merchant  Shipping. 

Cullen,  J.  F.—  French  Roof  Truss. 

Dennison,  Arts. — Monasticism. 

Develin,  Sc. — Investigation  of  Bridge  No.  18,  Northern  Cen- 
tral R.  R.,  with  Notes  on  the  Bridge  De- 
partment of  a  Earge  Railroad. 

Diggles,  Arts. — Matthew  Arnold. 

Farr,  Sc. — The  Pin  Connection. 

Feustmann,  Sc. — Hydrogen  Peroxide. 

Field,  .Sic. — Steam-pipe  Coverings. 

Ford  and  Hale,  Sc. — The  Relative  Efficiency  of  Steam-Engine 
Indicators. 

Gamon,  Arts. — The  Development  of  the  Myth. 

Gist,  Sc. — Road  Construction. 

Goodwin,  Arts. — The  Annexation  of  Texas. 

Griffith,  Sc. — Pressure  Gauges. 

Gummey,  Arts. — "  What  is  New  is  True." 

98 


Hale,  St\—  (See  Ford  and  Hale.) 

Hetzel  and  Rowland,  Sc. — Tests  of  the  Commercial  Value  of 
Certain  Cylinder  Oils. 

Humphrey,  Sc. — Fireproof  Construction. 

Irwin,  Sc. — Economic  Road  Location. 

Jefferys,  Arts. — H3^pnotism. 

Kushida,   Wh.—  The  Theory  of  the  Balance  of  Trade. 

Lathbury,  Sc. — The  Durability  of  Street  Railways. 

Latta,  Sc. — Aluminium. 

Lee,  Wh. — Some  Economic  Developments  of  Modern  House- 
keeping. 

Little,  Arts. — Goethe  and  Napoleon,  Poet  and  Soldier. 

Loyd,  Arts. — John  Day's  "  Parliament  of  Bees." 

Mayer,  Sc. — The  Determination  of  Nitric  Acid. 

Merrick,  Arts. — The  Decay  of  the  Drama. 

Miller,  Ph. — The  Evolution  of  Species  in  Conformity  to  Ex- 
ternal Conditions . 

Mitcheson,  Arts. — Descartes'  "Method"  and  Argument  for 
God. 

Neilson,  Arts. — International  Copyright. 

Newlin,  Arts. — The  Negro  Race. 

Nicholson,  Ph. — Animal  Forms  in  Heraldry. 

Ogden,  Arts.  —  George  Whitfield  and  the  Evangelical  Move- 
ment of  the  Eighteenth  Century. 

Osbourn,  Sc. — Materials  for  Bridge  Foundations. 

Patterson,  Arts. — "  Our  Knowledge  of  the  Infusoria." 

Penniman,  Arts. — Euclid  and  the  Ancient  Geometers. 

Peocock,  Wh. — The  Growth  of  Political  Studies  in  the  United 
States. 

Ramsey,  Arts. — A  Few  New  and  Old  Phases  in  Philosophical 
Controversy. 

Rosengarten,  Sc. — The  Separation  of  Cobalt  and  Nickel. 

Rowe,   Wh. — The  Economic  System  of  Rodbertus. 

Rowland,  Sc. — (See  Hetzel  and  Rowland.) 

Schermerhorn,  Wh. — The  Railroad  as  a  Factor  in  the  Political,. 
Social  and  Economic  Growth  of  the  United. 
States. 

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Schramm,  Sc — Flow  of  Water  Through  Pipes. 

Souder,  Sc — Design  for  Waterworks. 

Stevens,  J.  F.,  Sc — Steam-pipe  Coverings. 

Stoddart,   Wh. — The  Franchise. 

Stoyle,   Wh.—  The  Pension  System  of  the  United  States. 

Trotter,    Wh. — Cooperation  in  Great  Britain  and  the  United 

States. 
Truitt,  Arts. — The  Roman  Comedy. 
Walters,  Sc—  The  Coffer-dam  at  Walnut  Street  Bridge. 
Walton,  Arts. — The  Authorized  Version  of  the  Bible  considered 

as  a  Classic  in  English  Literature. 


INDOOR  SPORTS. 


IT  has  been  stated  more  than  once  within  these  pages  that  the 
record  of  the  Class  in  outdoor  sports  has  been  neither  large 
nor  varied.  No  so,  however,  with  indoor  sports.  We  defy- 
any  preceding  Class  to  show  a  better  assortment  than  it  has 
been  our  privilege  to  offer  to  all  those  whose  duties,  as  Professors, 
have  called  them  into  connection,  active  or  otherwise,  with  the 
Class.  If  there  are  any  who  care  to  dispute  the  point,  we  refer 
them  to  our  spirited,  energetic  and  progressive  Director  of  Physical 
Neglect,  Dr.  A.  H.  P.  Leuf.  If  his  memory  is  as  long  as  his  legs,  he 
will  recollect,  without  doubt,  a  certain  morning  in  Sophomore  year 


when  it  was  his  pleasant  task  to  deliver  (?)  his  first  lecture  at  the 
University  before  the  Class  of  '90.  The  lecture  was  the  first  of  a 
course  on  "Hygiene."  It  is  imperative  upon  us  to  chronicle  this 
fact,  as  the  Doctor's  course  was  attacked  that  same  day  with  the  pe- 
culiar malady  that  befell  "  Grandfather's  Clock,"  and  had  it  not  been 
for  the  retentive  minds  of  the  Class  this  splendid  beginning  of 
what  would  have  been  (judging  from  the  first  lecture)  a  brilliant 
course  would  have  sunk  into  oblivion. 

Sadtler  had  just  finished  lecturing  the  hour  before  to  the 
Juniors,  and  the  room  had  been  plunged  into  darkness  to  permit 
the  use  of  the  stereopticon.  Carelessly  enough,  the  shades  were 
still  tightly  drawn  when  the  Class  entered,  and  as  the  "genial 
doctor"  had  not  made  his  appearance,  the  men  proceeded  to  con- 
duct themselves,  as  every  well-regulated  student  always  does  when 
he  finds  himself  alone  in  a  darkened  room,  with  the  Professor 
absent.  A  violent  scrap  ensued  for  the  possession  of  the  back  row 
of  seats.  John  Barker,  Joe  Patterson,  John  Brinton,  Trivy  Dallas, 
Frank  Stevens,  Hartley  Merrick — in  fact,  all  the  best-behaved  men 
in  the  Class  (N.  B. — These  men  have  since  sadly  fallen  from  grace, 
and  some  few  altogether  out  of  the  Class) — had  secured  seats  on  the 
coveted  row,  and  after  each  had  lighted  a  cigarette,  and  turned  on 
all  the  gas-burners  within  reach,  organized  themselves  into  a  Glee 
Club  (not  Freddie  Neilson's  later  product)  and  a  String  Quartette, 
which  regaled  the  Class  with  selections  from  the  best  light  opera 
and  the  most  profane  College  songs.  They  soon  tired  of  this,  how- 
ever, and,  amid  shrieks  and  howls  of  wild  enthusiasm,  hurled 
several  of  those  lumbersome  articles,  called  by  courtesy  "arm- 
chairs," into  the  middle  of  the  room,  and  upset  two  rows  of 
benches,  along  with  their  occupants,  headlong  into  the  debris.  The 
rest  of  the  Class,  far  from  being  idle,  amused  themselves  in  giving 
the  Class  and  College  yells  with  variations,  a  proceeding  which 
greatly  enhanced  the  general  tendency  to  disorder.  While  the 
Olympic  games  were  at  their  height,  Leuf  arrived  at  the  door  some- 
what out  of  breath,  and  considerably  "queered"  by  the  scene 
within.  He  was  promptly  greeted  by  a  volley  of  chairs,  aimed  at 
him  with  considerable  skill  by  the  well-behaved  men  on  the  back 


row.     This  unexpected  greeting,  together  with  loud  cries  of  "Go 

to ,"    "Put  him 'out,"   "Rats!"  acted  as  a  stimulant  on   the 

Doctor,  and  he  rushed  to  the  window  and  released  the  shade,  nar- 
rowly escaping  a  section  of  a  bench  which  crashed  into  a  glass-case 
just  back  of  his  head.  The  flood  of  light  disclosed  to  the  Doctor's 
eyes  a  mass  of  ruins  in  front  of  the  lecture  table,  and  a  row  of 
well-behaved  looking  men  in  the  back  part  of  the  room  in  an  atti- 
tude of  prayer.  This  roused  his  suspicion  (which  wouldn't  have 
been  roused  had  he  known  the  men  personally),  but  he  said  nothing, 
and  proceeded  to  call  the  roll.  The  Doctor's  exertions  in  this  line 
were  earnest  and  well  meant,  but  met  with  only  partial  success,  as 
several  voices  would  answer  to  each  name.  This  caused  quite  a 
delay,  as  the  Doctor  found  considerable  difficulty  in  fitting  the  men 
to  the  names  he  called,  and  particularly  as  his  voice  was  incapable 
of  overcoming  the  ceaseless  noise  from  the  well-behaved  men  on 
the  back  row.  After  tripping  up  on  several  names,  and  after  suc- 
cessfully weathering  the  storm  of  jeers  which  fell  upon  his  head, 
when  he  failed  signally  to  pronounce  Kushida's  name,  he  reached 
the  "  C's"  in  the  Science.  Calves  is  the  first  there,  and  Calves  is 
proud  of  his  name;  but  when  the  Doctor  pronounced  it  as  one  does 
the  plural  of  the  humble  offspring  of  the  cow,  a  mighty  shout  of 
laughter  arose,  and  two  more  chairs  found  their  way  into  small 
pieces  at  L,euf's  feet.  This  was  too  much  for  him,  and  taking  his 
hat  and  coat  he  left  the  room,  after  informing  the  Class  that  he 
"didn't  like  their  behavior,  and  wouldn't  lecture  to  them  any 
more."  He  kept  his  word,  and  '90  was  deprived  most  unjustly  of  a 
very  entertaining  and  instructive  course  of  lectures. 


103 


"90  IN  ATHLETICS. 


CLASS   FIGHTS. 


IV  I  INETY  makes  no  proud  boasts  of  her  prowess  in  baseball  or 
I  yi      football,  or  even  in  rowing;  but  if  there  is  one  subject  upon 
which  a  '90  man  feels  perfectly  satisfied  and  complacent,  it 
*  is  the  recollection  of  the  days  when  we  were  callow  Fresh- 

men, and  only  less  callow  Sophomores.  Those  were  good  old 
times  when  '89  used  to  regularly  assemble  at  recess  to  have  a  severe 
dose  of  corner  fighting  administered  by  '90.  We  always  had  a 
happy  faculty  of  either  staying  in  the  corner  when  we  were  there, 
or  of  getting  there  when  we  had  not  been  there.  No  matter  who 
had  the  corner  first,  '90  always  had  it  last. 

One  day  our  friends  the  enemy,  '89,  thought  they  had  at  last 
won  a  fight,  and  were  correspondingly  elated.  It  was  not  until  the 
debris  of  human  beings  had  been  cleared  away  that,  snugly  and 
cosily  seated  in  the  corner,  our  little  ' '  Deutscher  ' '  Schramm  was 
seen.  "  Schrammie  "  had  been  there  all  the  while  without  being 
noticed.     Great  were   the  deeds  of  prowess  of  those  days.     John 


105 


Barker  and  Joe  Patterson  and  other  quondam  members  were  most 
conspicuous  in  the  fight,  and  Barker's  skin-tight  flannel  fighting- 
trousers  were  the  cause  of  much  trepidation  and  apprehension  on 
the  part  of  his  friends.  Even  such  staid  and  dignified  creatures  as 
Hartley  Merrick  and  Warrie  Coulston  used  to  so  far  forget  their 
dignity  as  to  indulge  in  hand-to-hand  fights  at  the  recess  time.  It 
is  even  supposed  that  occasionally  "Napra"  Walton  was  seen 
tsripped  to  the  waist,  battling  bravely  for  '90  and  the  corner.  We 
cannot  verify  this  rumor,  and  so  give  it  for  what  it  is  worth. 

Like  most  Freshman  Classes,  we  were  somewhat  careless  about 
keeping  the  law  laid  down  by  the  Sophomores  that  ' '  no  Freshman 
shall  carry  a  cloth  bag."  Of  course  we  carried  them,  and,  of 
course,  there  were  several  little  unpleasantnesses  as  the  result. 
Rudy  Klauder,  formerly  of  '89,  insisted  on  wearing  pieces  of  col- 
ored flannel  in  his  buttonhole.  We  insisted  that  he  should  not,  the 
result  being  that  one  morning,  at  the  close  of  chapel  exercises,  the 
aforesaid  Rudy  Klauder,  formerly  of  '89,  was  surprised  to  find  his 
coat  tails  seized  by  two  infuriated  '90  men,  who  immediate^ 
started  down  the  hall  in  opposite  directions. 

We  must  not  forget  to  mention  the  gallant  conduct  of  Dewe}', 
'88.  He  was  always  in  the  thickest  of  the  fight,  bravely  battling 
for  '90.  One  particularly  hotly  contested  bag-fight  will  remain 
memorable  to  all  who  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  Dewey  emerge 
sans  hat,  sans  coat,  sans  shirt,  sa?is  etc. ;  he  came  wearing  nothing  but 
a  pleased  expression  and  a  pair  of  shoes.  The  days  of  our  class- 
fights  are  over,  but  the  memory  of  them  still  lingers. 


106 


The  Great  Educated  Woolly  Dog. 

107 


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FOOTBALL. 


THE  all-absorbing  topic  among  '90  men  during  the  fall  of  '86 
was — football.  There  is  nothing  peculiar  about  this,  as  it 
is  a  disease  that  attacks  about  every  Freshman  Class  while 
the  great  and  glorious  future  lies  before  it;  and,  while  it 
rejoices  in  its  callow  wisdom,  '90  followed  this  rule  scrupu- 
lously, and  believed  firmly  that  its  Class  team  was  destined  to 
carry  all  before  it,  and  to  win  the  laurels  of  championship.  It  cer- 
tainly was  apparent  that  great  talent  existed  in  the  Class,  but  just 
how  to  bring  it  out  was  the  question.  Every  method  in  vogue  at 
the  time  was  employed  with  the  greatest  diligence,  but  F.  B.  Neil- 
son,  Esq.,  had  not  yet  published  his  book  on  the  "  Development  of 
Reserve  Teams,"  and,  as  a  result,  our  Freshmen  team  fell  to  the 
ground  with  the  dull,  sickening  thud  so  peculiar  to  the  blasted 
hopes  of  Freshmen.  The  work  of  our  "end  rushers,"  however — 
Lady  Agnes  Gummey  and  Tommy  Royal — created  wild  enthusiasm 
among  the  fair  sex.  Tommy  actually  declares  that  his  subsequent 
success  with  his  "  transactions  in  hearts  "  has  been  due  to  the  im- 
pression he  made  as  "end-rush"  on  the  Freshman  team.  As  for 
Lady  Agnes,  the  season  proved  too  exciting,  and  she  returned  at 
its  close  to  the  seclusion  of  Germantown,  nor  has  she  since  played 
on  the  team.  In  Sophomore  year  the  team  created  an  immense  sen- 
sation by  defeating  '91,  in  the  closest  and  most  exciting  contest  that 
has  been  played  on  the  University  grounds,  by  the  score  of  6 — o.  We 
don't  care  to  make  too  much  of  this,  as  it  merely  serves  to  show  that 
the  team  was  entirely  capable  of  winning  when  it  felt  the  inspira- 
tion; besides,  the  fact  that  we  never  have  made  very  much  out  of 
any  kind  of  victories  over  '91,  it  is  not  worthwhile.  This  triumph, 
however,  so  paral}-  zed  the  men  that  it  was  considered  useless  to  take 
the  championship,  and  so  we  allowed  our  other  games  to  be  dis- 
tributed equally  to  the  other  Classes,  one  apiece  all  round. 

Our  next  year's  team  contained  the  names  of  Neilson,  Auden- 
ried  and  the  "  Colonel  "  Diggles,  and  seemed  to  have  such  good 
prospects  of  carrying  off  the  championship  that  ' '  Cherub  ' '  Stevens 

109 


and  Frank  Ford  got  up  a  special  pool,  with  money  borrowed  from 
the  members  of  the  "Poker  Social,"  to  back  the  team's  ventures. 
As  luck  would  have  it,  ' '  fell  disease ' '  overtook  Captain  Fred,  and 
laid  him  up  in  the  middle  of  the  Class  games.  This  unlooked-for 
event  spoiled  the  plot,  the  team  collapsed,  and  the  Poker  Social 
became  hopelessly  involved  in  financial  difficulties,  which  have 
only  lately  been  straightened  out.  The  team  distinguished  itself 
on  the  home-stretch  by  winning  two  games — one  from  the  Law 
School,  by  default;  the  other  from '93,  owing  to  "Colonel"  Dig- 
gles'  herculean  efforts  in  stuffing  mud  in  young  Spaeth's  mouth. 
It  is  said  that  Spaeth  did  not  appreciate  the  "  Colonel's  "  efforts; 
but  this  report  should  be  taken  cum  grano  salts — we  might  almost 
say,  cum  grano  soli. 

Let  no  one  suppose  that  the  game  of  football  as  played  by  the 
Class  has  been  unproductive  of  beneficial  results.  Fred  Neilson 
saw  his  opportunity,  and  by  judicious  manipulation  of  the  official 
wires  was  elected  Captain  of  the  University  Reserve  team,  a  posi- 
tion which  he  filled  to  everyone's  satisfaction,  and  especially  to  his 
own.  Did  not  we  all  feel  proud  if,  perchance,  in  answer  to  our 
humble  queries,  The  Captain  of  the  Reserves  deigned  to  pre- 
dict what  the  score  would  be  in  the  next  championship  game? 
Yes,  indeed;  and,  although  Fred  was  not  always  right,  he  was 
always  willing  to  explain  why  he  was  or  was  not  right,  after  the 
game  had  been  played.  After  all,  '90's  record  on  the  football  field 
is  an  honorable  one,  although  perhaps  a  trifle  unfortunate;  and  the 
fact  that  we  did  not  win  ' '  early  and  often ' '  may  be  attributed  not 
so  much  to  our  fault  as  to  our  misfortune.  It  was  not  for  any  lack 
of  trying. 


'89-90  IN  THE  GLEE  CLUB. 


THE  year  '89-' 90  will  be  a  memorable  one  in  the  history  of  Uni- 
versity musical  organizations,  as  it  was  then  that  '90  became 
the  controlling  element  in  the  Glee  Club. 
Not  until  our  Senior  year  did  we  let  the  world  at  large 
know  that  we  could  sing,  and  never  until  then  did  we  have  any 
representatives  on  the  Glee  Club  (although  it  is  stated,  as  a 
rumor,  that  Stiffy  Truitt  made  at  least  four  desperate  attempts  to 
secure  a  position  on  the  aforementioned  club).  This  year,  how- 
ever, saw  a  sad  lack  of  something  in  the  Glee  Club,  and  '90  man- 
fully stepped  in,  released  all  who  were  under  contract  to  the  old 
club,  and  with  an  entirely  new  and  choice  selection  of  voices  she 
began  to  show  the  'Varsity,  as  well  as  the  world,  what  a  Glee  Club 
should  be. 

"  Fradah  Nalla  "  (the  same  one  who  captained  the  Reserves) 
made  his  debut  as  chorus  leader,  and  under  his  skilful  management 
and  training  the  new  club,  with  a  new  repertoire  from  which  all  songs 
having  a  flavor  of  antiquity  were  rigorously  excluded,  entered 
upon  its  career.  Of  course,  the  concerts  given  were  tremendous 
successes,  financially  as  well  as  musically,  an  interesting  circum- 
stance to  Warrie  Coulston,  who  held  the  purse-strings  of  the  club, 
and  to  whom  we  refer  all  who  wish  to  discover  the  best  way  to 
make  concerts  pay.  Ninety  takes  a  special  pride  in  famous  tenor 
Miller,  surnamed  the  Rosycheeked,  and  renowned  second  bass  Pen- 
niman. 

Strange  to  say,  neither  of  these  fine  voices  was  ever  heard  in 
solos,  and  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons.  "Penny"  positively 
declined  to  sing  alone;  and  as  for  Miller,  well — the  club  positively 
declined  to  let  him.  Ninety  has  successfully  demonstrated  the  fact 
that,  whatever  else  she  can't  do,  she  can  run  a  good  Glee  Club. 


LANDING 


IN   BASEBALL. 


T 


HERE  has  been  baseball  and  baseball,  but 
never  any  baseball  akin  to,  approaching 
or  in  any  respect  like  the  baseball  which 
'90's  Baseball  Team  baseballed.  Not  that 
the  team  was  not  a  good  one;  not  at 
all,  but  they  played  differently  from  other 
good  teams.  To  illustrate:  take  first-baseman 
McGeorge.  "  Mic  "  was  a  first-rate  player;  a 
trifle  over  nine  feet  high,  he  filled  the  physical 
requirements  of  his  position  finely.  You  couldn't 
throw  out  of  his  reach  (which  was  fortunate 
for  third-baseman  Fleck),  and  no  ground-hit  ever 
got  by  him ;  but — and  this  is  the  point  to  notice 
-he  never  stopped  the  grounders  with  his  hands 
or  even  his  legs,  as  other  good  infielders  do,  but  invariably  with  his 
head.  Considering  his  vast  height  and  the  diminutive  size  of  his 
head  this  was  no  ordinary  feat.  Mic  put  a  man  out  once.  His 
hands  were  no  particular  use  to  him  anyway;  he  didn't  even  use 
them  in  batting.  He  would  pose  the  bat  somehow  on  his  shoulder, 
the  pitcher  would  chuck  the  little  sphere  to  him,  and  forthwith  the 
interested  spectator  would  see  Mic's  bat  proceeding  out  to  centre 
field  in  great  haste,  mowing  down  pitcher  and  short-stop  en  route. 
As  it  was  with  Mic,  so  it  was  with  the  other  players:  each  was 
unique.  Pitcher  Williams  had  the  exact  twist  of  the  lower  limbs, 
the  proper  curve  of  the  upper  lip  and  plenty  of  "  devil  "  in  his  ex- 
pression; but  neither  twist,  curve  nor  devil  ever  left  him  to  associate 


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with  the  ball.  Maybe  old  Colonel  Diggles  could  catch!  Well,  he 
just  could.  He  had,  however,  the  same  difficulty  in  the  use  of  his 
hands  that  Mic  had;  but  his  ribs  could  not  be  broken.  The  Colonel 
never  had  a  passed  ball  except  when  the  ball  came  too  low  for  his 
ribs;  his  legs  are  thin. 

Trotter  played  short-stop  one  game,  but  after  that  he  was  re- 
moved to  the  outfield,  and  wisely;  for  in  that  game  he  clearly 
showed  his  predilection  for  the  "jungle."  Eight  hits  came  Buck's 
way;  seven  of  these  he  magnanimously  allowed  to  pass  on  their 
journey  unmolested;  and  as  left-fielder  Allen  went  out  walking 
with  a  girl  after  the  first  half  of  the  second  innings,  Buck  had  to  go 
and  give  chase  to  the  aforesaid  hits  himself.  It  got  noised  abroad 
that  he  let  them  go  by  him,  as  short-stop,  so  that  he  might  show 
his  powers  as  outfielder;  so  Buck  was  told  to  stay  out  there.  Cap- 
tain Boyer  never  made  a  hit,  but  he  always  got  to  first  base — having 
been  hit  by  a  pitched  ball.  The  opposing  pitchers  all  complained 
that  they  could  not  pitch  a  ball  anywhere  near  the  plate  without 
hitting  Charlie's  head.  It  swelled  to  huge  proportions  during  a 
game — and  never  shrank  again.  But  Brinton — centre-fielder  Brin- 
ton!  To  watch  John  play  baseball  was  a  matter  of  education.  A 
long  fly  is  hit;  Brinton  rushes  toward  second  base  as  one  with 
intent  to  kill;  lo,  he  stops  !  he  pauses  !  he  gazes  at  the  soaring 
sphere.  Right-fielder  Trotter  and  left-fielder  Penniman  rush  to  his 
aid.  Brinton  now  runs  from  second  base  as  one  who  has  thought 
better  of  his  bloody  intentions;  he  turns,  he  runs  backward!  forward, 
sideways,  crooked,  straight,  slides,  turns  somersaults,  and  he,  Trot- 
ter and  Penniman  all  arrive  at  the  end  of  the  ball's  journey,  very 
forcibly  and  at  the  same  instant,  first  taking  care,  however,  to 
allow  the  ball  free  passage  to  the  ground.  The  three  outfielders 
seat  themselves  demurely  on  the  ground,  while  the  rest  of  the  team 
go  into  a  committee  of  the  whole  to  find  the  ball.  The  latter  when 
found  is  handed  to  Captain  Boyer,  who  makes  a  beautiful  throw  to 
the  home  plate,  and  would  undoubtedly  nip  the  hitter  of  the  fly 
ere  he  completes  his  run  but  for  two  reasons:  (a)  the  absence  of 
catcher  Diggles,  who  is  in  the  outfield  aiding  and  abetting  the 
hunt,  and  (d)  the  absence  of  the  aforesaid  hitter  of  the  fly  who, 

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having  run  around  the  bases  two  or  three  times,  has  dressed  him- 
self and  gone  home.  The  scorers  now  leave,  having  material 
enough  for  several  games,  and  Brinton's  play  is  ended.  Do  not 
surmise,  ye  fair  ones  who  con  these  pages,  that  '90's  baseball 
team  was  not  a  success.  It  was.  Why,  some  member  of  that  team 
once  made  a  complete  circuit  of  the  bases  (on  a  base  on  balls  and 
three  wild  pitches),  but  unfortunately,  in  the  excitement  consequent 
to  that  event,  it  was  forgotten  to  make  note  of  who  that  hero  was, 
so  it  is  impossible  to  immortalize  him  here. 


ON  THE  CREASE. 


NINETY'S  attempts  at  "  willow- wielding  "  and  "  sphere-trund- 
ly I  ling  ' '  have  been  thoroughly  in  keeping  with  all  her  other 
I  M  athletic  achievements,  both  on  land  and  water.  The  cricket 
eleven  has  always  disdained  to  subject  itself  to  disagreeable 
criticism  by  winning  matches  or  otherwise  disturbing  the 
peace  of  the  Class  ;  and  so  after  three  ineffectual  trials  the  eleven 
disbanded,  but  not  before  it  had  decided  to  adopt  the  motto  which 
has  always  been  a  favorite  one  with  the  Class  teams  (the  shooting 
team  alone  excepted),  vent,  vidi,  victus.  When  we  were  collecting 
material  for  our  Freshmen  eleven  the  skies  smiled  pleasantly  upon 
us,  and  seemed  to  presage  victory.  But  the  skies  didn't  know  us 
then  as  they  do  now,  or  they  never  would  have  deceived  themselves 
in  prophesying  anything  in  the  victory  line.  However,  we  were 
sanguine  (Freshmen  always  are,  you  know),  and  hoped  to  achieve 
wonders  with  Joe  Patterson  as  our  reliable  captain.  Besides  Joe, 
we  rejoiced  in  the  possession  likewise  of  Goodwin,  the  turtle  boy, 
whose  skill  with  the  leather  was  far-famed;  and  also  of  Little 
Willie  Trotter  (whose  fame  came  to  him  afterward).  One  fine 
autumn  day  (we  always  played  our  games  in  the  fall)  our  eleven 
sallied  forth  to  cross  bats  with  '88.  The  story  is  a  very  short  one, 
gentle  reader,  but  full  of  pathos  and  sweet  regret.  The  team  re- 
turned home  that  same  day,  wagging  their  bats  behind  them,  and 
wearing  a  sadder  but  wiser  mien.  The  band  had  finished  that 
difficult  fugue  movement  in  ' '  Annie  Laurie ' '  that  we  all  know  so 
well,  while  at  the  same  time  the  score  stood  129  to  55  !  And  Little 
Willie  had  been  the  team's  "  mascotte;"  for  did  not  the  ubiquitous 
newspaper  reporter  state  the  next  day  that  ' '  after  Patterson  was 
retired  the  rest  of  the  team  quickly  followed,  with  the  exception  of 

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Trotter,  who  put  13  together  in  good  style?"  And  so  it  went  on, 
from  Freshman  to  Sophomore  year,  and  from  Sophomore  to  Junior, 
with  always  the  same  result.  But  were  the  eleven  discouraged  ? 
Why,  no — not  a  bit.  They  always  looked  forward  to  a  possible 
victory  before  every  match,  and  when  the  match  was  over  they 
always  had  the  satisfaction  of  looking  backward  (N.  B. — This  is 
not  an  advertisement)  upon  certain  defeat;  and  then  would  come 
the  usual  recriminations  and  explanations.  Bennie  Allen  would 
always  complain  that  there  were  not  enough  girls  present  to  admire 
his  shapely  form;  Charlie  Boyer  never  could  understand  why  it 
was  that  the  first  ball  that  was  bowled  to  him  always  knocked  out 
his  stumps,  and  the  way  Charlie  kicked  was  something  marvellous 
to  hear;  and  Freddie  Neilson  invariably  got  angry  because  his  legs 
were  so  short  he  couldn't  run  fast,  and  of  course  the  captain  swore 
at  him  when  he  failed  to  connect  wTith  the  ball  and  had  to  chase  it. 
The  rest  of  the  team  all  had  their  individual  grievances,  but  Joe 
would  always  calm  them  by  saying,  "  Fellows,  we  played  in  pretty 
hard  luck  to-day.  We'll  get  along  better  next  time."  That  "  next 
time"  of  Joe's,  however,  kept  getting  further  and  further  off,  and 
when  we  consigned  our  stumps  and  bats  to  a  peaceful  repose  at  the 
end  of  Junior  year  Joe's  predictions  still  remained  unfulfilled. 


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IN  TENNIS. 


ENNIS  at  the  University  was  largely  the  gainer  by 
'90's  advent  to  College.  We  do  not  mean  that  our 
Class  pairs  were  ever  victorious,  but  merely  that 
the  general  atmosphere  of  tennis  was  rendered  more 
sparkling  than  before  our  entrance  into  the  courts 
(we  mean  tennis  courts,  of  course,  and  not  the  21st 
District  Police  Station.  "Cherub"  Stevens  and 
Berger  can  look  after  those).  And  why  should  it 
have  been  so  ?  Well,  simply  because  our  teams 
have  always  been  so  handsome.  What  Class 
can  show  such  a  collection  of  broken  hearts  among  the  fair  sex 
as  a  result  of  their  games  ?  It  was  most  certainly  worth  the 
price  of  admission  to  our  Freshmen  tournament  to  see  some 
sweet-faced  damsel  follow  with  sparkling  eyes  one  of  Joe  Patter- 


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son's  wicked  "twists,"  or  to  hear  her  declare  that  Ben  Allen's 
poses  "  were"  just  too  fascinating  for  anything."  And  then,  too, 
in  Sophomore  year,  the  story  was  the  same.  It  was  a  notice- 
able fact  that  Bennie  Allen  and  Hartley  Merrick  wore  looks 
of  satisfaction  the  morning  after  the  tournament  that  seemed  to 
indicate  to  the  observant  eye  that,  although  they  had  suffered  un- 
deserved defeat  at  '89's  hands,  the  score  of  the  evening  must  have 
been  a  "love-set."  Seriously  speaking,  however,  it  was  only  by 
the  very  hardest  kind  of  playing  that  '89  won  the  Cup  from  us  that 
year.  Our  pair  worked  like  Trojans  to  get  it,  and  if  work  alone 
had  counted  for  anything  the  Cup  would  have  been  '90's.  In 
Junior  year  Trotter  and  Merrick  championed  the  cause  of  the  Class; 
but  "  Buck  "  had  just  gone  into  the  Wharton  School,  and  was  too 
busy  working  to  get  down  to  the  tail  of  the  Class  to  pay  any  atten- 
tion to  his  tennis  practice,  while  Hartley's  head  was  occupied  with 
plans  for  capturing  the  chairmanship  of  all  Class  committees  for 
the  rest  of  college.  The  consequence  was  that  '90  again  "  knuckled 
under,"  and  came  away  from  the  fight  with  racquets  badly 
smashed.  As  the  interclass  tournaments  have  always  been  played 
about  a  year  ahead  of  time  (for  some  occult  reason),  our  contest  for 
Senior  year  came  off  in  the  spring  of  '89.  Merrick's  tennis  star 
had  disappeared  below  the  horizon,  but  "  Buck  "  Trotter's  was  still 
shining — alone.  We  had  almost  given  up  the  hope  of  being  able 
to  send  out  our  fourth  team  to  be  defeated,  when  Jeffereys  (it  is 
really  spelled  "Jefferys"  without  the  middle  "e,"  but  he  likes  to 
have  it  misspelled)  came  to  the  fore,  and  consented  to  allow  himself 
to  play  with  Trotter.  A  large  crowd  of  us  went  to  see  ' '  Jaffra ' ' 
play,  and  loud  and  long  were  the  cheers  that  rent  the  air  as  his 
sylph-like  form  (it  is  a  good  deal  like  C.  P.  B.  J's)  disported  itself 
upon  the  turf.  The  tournament  turned  out  in  the  regulation  way 
(for  '90);  and,  after  it  was  all  over,  "Jaffra"  wTas  heard  to  assure 
1 '  Buck ' '  that  if  he  had  been  allowed  to  play  single-handed  he 
thought  the  Cup  might  have  been  won  for  '90.  As  we  are  writing 
this,  it  is  still  undecided  whether  '90  will  enter  a  pair  in  the  spring 
tournament  or  not;  if  she  does,  then  "Jaffra"  will  have  to  coax 
"  Napra"  Walton  to  play  with  him.     In  such  an  event  we  hazard 


the  prediction  that  the}'  will  win,  hands  down,  as  Walton  has 
acquired  great  dexterity  with  the  racqnet  as  a  result  of  his  frequent 
practice  with;young  Mrs.  Walton  {nee  C.  N.  B.  Camac,  '92).  So, 
after  all,  the  Cup  may  still  be  ours — that  is,  provided  Walton  does 
not  refuse  to  play.  It  is  quite  certain  that  "  Jaffra  "  zvill  play  if  he 
gets  the  chance. 


ON  THE  WATER, 


i 


T  is  expected  that  the  Class  of  '90  will  have  an  unusually 
good  crew.  Every  man  in  the  Class  has  a  fine  shape  and 
the  making  of  a  Hercules  if  he  will  only  do  his  duty  and 
train."  By  such  blandishments  and  cajoleries  the  sporting 
editors  succeeded  in  coaxing  a  patriotic  band,  under  the  leadership 
of  Syph  and  Colonel  Diggles,  to  try  the  machines,  and  all  through 
the  winter  they  slid  monotonously  forward  and  backward,  gazing 
anxiously,  and  soon  after  proudly,  upon  their  swelling  muscles, 
amusing  themselves  from  time  to  time  by  electing  a  new  captain. 
Our  Freshman  crew  did  not  enter  the  Class  races,  but  with  a  judi- 
cious sprinkling  of  first  year  ' '  Meds  ' '  raced  the  Freshman  crew  of 
Yale,  and  was  beaten  after  a  very  plucky  struggle.  In  Sophomore 
year  we  hoped  for  a  better  record,  and  in  the  early  spring  the  patriots 
could  be  seen  on  the  river,  through  the  blinding  snow-storms, 
breaking  their  way  through  the  ice.  As  the  race  day  approached 
we  could  claim  for  our  men  that  even  if  they  were  not  the  strongest, 
they  presented  a  better  appearance  and  rowed  a  cleaner  stroke  than 
any  other  crew. 


We  refer  to  '88's  Record  for  a  true  account  of  this  travesty  of  a 
race.  When  '89  had  received  her  customary  start,  our  crew  rowed 
down  with  the  others,  and  took  a  very  good  place  at  the  finish. 
All,  however,  will  acknowledge  that  the  most  conspicuous  object 
upon  the  river  that  afternoon  was  '90's  tug,  and,  excepting  the  mem- 
bers of  that  Class  only,  the  most  interesting  and  picturesque  figure 
upon  the  deck  of  that  gallant  craft  was  the  capacious  keg  of  Lager. 
We  tarried  so  long  at  the  wharf  before  starting  that  the  spectators 
in  the  pavilion  supposed  we  were  waiting  for  one  of  our  dear  in- 
structors. Their  doubts  were  soon  set  at  rest  by  the  appearance  of 
a  huge  wheelbarrow,  propelled  by  a  small  Irishman,  red-faced  and 
panting,  and  solemnly  escorted  by  Hartley  Merrick,  "Cherub" 
Stevens,  "  Kitten  "  Patterson,  and  others  who  begged  to  have  their 
names  suppressed.  Although  defeated,  the  Class  had  a  most  happy 
afternoon,  yelled  itself  hoarse  on  the  river,  and  on  shore  joined 
cheerfully  in  the  pandemonium  at  the  boat-house,  with  loudly  ex- 
pressed sympathy  for  '88  and  the  other  handicapped  crews. 

In  Junior  year  we  were  very  hopeful.  Whitney  had  been  dis- 
covered, and  we  had  inherited  Strader;  but  once  more  [our  hopes 
were  dashed  to  the  ground.  Just  before  the  races  these  two  were 
injured,  and  as  their  places  could  not  both  be  filled  (we  had  only 
one  curly  giant  in  reserve,  McGeorge)  our  crew  rowed  with  but  six  in 
the  boat.  Our  sextette  of  heroes  was  determined  not  to  be  last,  and 
the  contest  to  avoid  this  place  was  extremely  interesting.  To  show 
that  there  was  no  ill-feeling,  a  Freshman  dived  overboard;  and  this, 
together  with  a  few  fouls,  brought  us  out — not  last. 

The  Class,  as  usual,  viewed  their  watery  tragedy  from  the  upper 
deck  of  a  tug.  The  Committee  has  never  told  us  how  it  obtained 
the  venerable  ark,  whose  appearance  upon  the  blue  waters  was  the 
signal  for  a  storm  of  merry  jibes  and  sly  insinuations.  Contrary 
to  the  expectation  of  the  public,  the  ancient  tub  held  together,  al- 
though it  developed  a  curious  disposition  to  float  sideways,  and  to 
bury  its  prow  in  the  cool  mud.  Few  of  us  will  forget  that  exciting 
afternoon.  The  Committee  (Brinton  and  Coulston)  had  put  all 
their  money  on  '90,  and  were  determined  to  run  down  the  other 
crews,  but  their  deadly  purpose  was  frustrated  by  the  mutiny  of  the 


horror-stricken  captain,  and  the  positive  refusal  of  the  ark  to  obey 
its  helm.  After  rolling  and  drifting  about  for  some  time,  we  finally 
reached  shore;  and  while  the  men  were  absent  temporarily  (having 
hurried  to  the  boat-house  to  support  the  crew's  protest),  one  Hen- 
derson, of  the  Class  of  '89,  took  the  opportunity  to  steal  the  Class 
Ensign,  which  was  waving  proudly  from  the  mast-head  of  the  afore- 
mentioned ark,  and  brought  upon  himself  a  visit  from  a  delegation 
of  our  fighting  men,  who  quickfy  made  him  disgorge.  Henderson 
did  not  appropriate  the  flag  more  than  once. 

In  Senior  year  we  did  not  enter  a  crew.  Sypher  had  left  us, 
and  all  "  Fanny's  "  time  was  needed  for  slicing  cats,  while  Gamon 
and  the  Colonel  were  busily  employed  in  laying  siege  to  Lamberton's 
heart.  Our  marine  drama  ended,  therefore,  with  the  third  act,  our 
Class  believing  that  water  was  not  its  element;  or,  if  used,  then 
only  when  boiling  and  mixed  with  a  "  dhrop  of  the  craythur  "  in 
tank  form.  Ramse}^  alone  is  excepted,  as  he  still  persists  in  his 
semi-annuals. 


^U^^vfe'fe; 


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JUNIOR  EXHIBITION. 


^  /iNETY   always   was    and    always   will    be   a   unique  Class. 
I\|    Everything  that  she  has  done  bears  the  stamp  of  originality, 
I  \    and  she  distinctly  deserves  to  have  her  various  achievements 
I         copyrighted,    not   that    anyone    else   could   copy   them,  but 
merely  to  deter  people  from  attempting  the  impossible. 
We  had  reached  Junior  year,  and  from  the  first  day  of  the  first 
term  "  Stiffy  "  Truitt  began  a  laborious  course  of  training,  consist- 
ing of  high  jumping  and  singing,  by  which  it  was  his  firm  resolve 
to. carry  off  the  prize  for  oratory,  if  the  aforesaid  prize  was  to  be 
obtained  by  human  exertion.      "Stiffy"  would  undoubtedly  have 
won  the  laurels  for  which  he  was  working  if  it  had  not  been   for 
one  unforeseen  circumstance.     This  was  the  fact  that  he  was  not 


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alone  in  his  aspirations  for  glory.  Had  he  not  such  puny  opponents 
as  Schermerhorn,  the  prize  poser  and  eyebrow  manipulator  of  the 
Wharton  School,  and  Ogden,  whom  we  regard  as  almost  on  the  verge 
of  destruction  owing  to  his  well-known  but  saddening  love  of  the 
seductive  P-I-E  ?  These  two  individuals  were  not  all,  however, 
who  were  burning  with  an  irrepressible  desire  to  achieve  greatness 
in  the  field  of  oratory.  Farr  and  Little  Kushie  and  also  Rowe,  who 
in  general  officiates  as  "the  Wharton  School,"  had  also  entered  the 
list.  The  battle  was  terrific.  Ogden' s  oily  tongue  worked  as  if 
it  were  on  hinges,  and  the  way  in  which  he  served  up  "John 
Bright  "  would  have  done  credit  to  one  of  Maine's  famous  temper- 
ance orators.  (Hughie,  by  the  way,  comes  from  Maine.)  Schermie 
and  Stiffy  and  Ches  and  Kush  fearlessly  handled  such  subjects  as 
"Victor  Hugo,"  "  Edmund  Burke,"  "  Value  of  Affliction  to  Litera- 
ture ' '  (if  affliction  is  good  for  literature  it  owes  a  great  debt  to 
Farr). 

No  one  ever  knew  who  won  the  fight,  but  it  was  rumored  that 
Ogden  was  awarded  the  prize,  and  that  Farr  was  seen  looming  up 
in  the  near  distance. 


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The  Kditor  overwhelmed  by  Subscriptions. 


THE  "RED  AND  BLUE." 


TO  '89  in  general,  and  to  George  Henderson  in  particular,  we 
are  indebted  for  the  Red  and  Blue.  George  had  long  been 
impressed  with  the  idea  that  the  University  needed  a  literary 
paper.  After  making  a  few  choice  selections  from  his  own 
class,  Henderson  turned  his  attention  to  '90.  He  first  approached 
11  Napra"  Walton,  who,  after  due  consultation  with  Camac,  finally 
consented  to  become  an  editor,  with  the  distinct  understanding,  how- 
ever, that  he  should  be  allowed  to  write  something  for  each  issue. 
George  Rosengarten,  whose  literary  ability  is  well  known,  was  the 
next;  and  last,  but  not  least,  was  Warrie  Coulston  (the  brightest 
man  in  the  Arts),  who,  after  repeatedly  refusing  a  place  on  the 
editorial  staff  of  the  Pennsylvanian,  decided  to  take  a  position  on 


the  Red  and  Blue  in  order  to  give  the  paper  the  proper  degree  of 
style.  Warrie  was  elected  business-manager  at  once,  and  from  all 
accounts  he  managed  the  funds  (when  there  were  any)  with  rare 
skill.  "  Nappa's  "  desire  to  write  something  for  every  number  was 
gratified  by  placing  the  "wrappers"  in  his  charge,  and  we  feel 
justified  in  saying  that  never  before  in  the  history  of  college 
journalism  have  such  wonderful  results  been  accomplished.  Now 
and  then  George  Rosengarten  would  make  an  appeal  to  be  allowed 
to  write  the  "  exchange  "  wrappers,  but  "  Nappa  "  guarded  all  with 
jealous  care.  Although  George  deserves  some  praise  for  his  work 
in  "  dunning"  men  for  subscriptions,  and  Warrie  for  his  manage- 
ment of  the  cash,  the  great  success  of  the  paper  has  been  due  to  the 
splendid  work  of  Walton.  It  is  with  great  regret  that  we  announce 
that  there  are  only  a  few  of  them  left. 

Toward  the  first  of  last  March  it  was  noticed  that  Warrie  had 
a  sad,  sad  look  on  his  usually  beaming  countenance. 

A  rumor  soon  began  to  spread  to  the  effect  that  the  Red 
and  Blue  was  in  financial  difficulties.  Many  a  one  wandering  near 
the  sanctum  about  this  time  might  have  heard  strange  mutterings, 
and  now  and  then  such  exclamations  as  "  I  don't  care  if  the  paper 
does  go  up,"  and  "Well,  this  is  the  last  $5  /  am  going  to  put  in  the 
thing."  We  understand,  however,  that  the  embarrassment  was 
only  of  a  temporary  nature  and  that  the  paper  is  now  on  the  high 
road  to  success. 

Warrie,  although  no  longer  one  of  the  editors,  still  wears  that 
same  weary  look  when  anyone  speaks  of  the  Red  and  Blue,  and  by 
way  of  explanation  of  this  look  rumor  hath  it  that  Warrie  paid  dearly 
for  his  experience.  Ninety  feels  proud  of  her  share  in  bringing  the 
Red  and  Blue  into  the  front  rank  among  college  papers,  not  so 
much  because  it  has  brought  her  favorite  son,  "  Nappa"  Walton, 
into  public  view,  but  because  she  has  helped  to  add  to  the  fair  fame 
of  her  ' '  Alma  Mater. ' ' 


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THE  PENNSYLVANIAN. 


"P 


ERDITION  catch  my  soul,"  observed  Josiah  H.  Penni- 
nian,  Editor-in-chief  of  The  Pe?insylvanian,  while  seated 
in  the  sanctum.  The  causes  for  this  exclamation  were 
obvious.  It  was  Wednesday,  March  12th,  1890.  The 
Pennsylvania?i~y?a.§  due  that  day,  but  unfortunately  lacked  seven 
pages  of  matter  for  "a  full^issue.  We  deem  it  necessary  to  state  that 
The  Pennsylvanian  appears  on  the  Wednesday  of  each  week,  be- 
cause, owing  to'the  fact  that  it  sometimes  comes  out  on  the  Thurs- 
day, Friday,  Saturday  or  Sunday  following,  there  may  be  a  slight 
misunderstanding ;on  this  point  among  the  subscribers. 


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Just  at  the  moment  when  J.  H.  P.  was  trying  to  furrow  his 
brow  with  care,  a  terrific  cyclone  blew  the  door  open  and  the  edi- 
torial on  "Smoking  in  the  College  Building"  off  the  table;  and 
Lee,  with  his  storm-coat  flying,  swept  in.  He  was  closely  followed 
by  Hartley  Merrick,  "of  Manayunk,  Class  '30,"  smoking  acorn- 
cob  pipe,  turned  upside  down.  The  Chief  smiled  hopefully  as  he 
looked  upon  these  two  sons  of  the  quill. 

"  What  have  you  got  for  me  ?  "  he  asked,  confidently. 

"Nothing,"  replied  Lee. 

"  A  lecture  that  was  given  two  weeks  ago,"  said  Merrick. 

"  Two  weeks  ago  !  "  cried  the  Chief,  in  a  transport  of  delight; 
"how  magnificent!  Now,  indeed,  the  'Pennsy'  is  keeping  pace 
with  the  journalism  of  the  age,"  and  he  waved  the  inkstand  around 
his  head,  throwing  its  contents  over  the  expressive  countenance  of 
Ogden,  the  business-manager,  who  came  in  at  that  moment. 

"Hughie,"  cried  Josiah,  casting  his  arms  around  the  B.  M.'s 
neck,  and  kissing  the  ink  stains  from  his  face,  "where  is  that 
review  of  Fullerton's  latest  work,  Agnosticism  vs.  Hypnotism,  that 
I  told  you  to  write  ? ' ' 

"  Alas  !  "  returned  Oggie,  "  I  forgot  it." 

At  this  statement  the  Chief's  face  turned  as  white  as  Easton's 
cuffs,  and,  before  it  could  assume  the  customary  green  tinge  of 
despair,  Billy  Lloyd  stood  shyly  before  him. 

"  And  you,"  cried  Josiah — "  what  have  you?" 

"The  calendar,"  replied  Billy. 

The  Chief  exclaimed,  ' '  Et  tu  Brute, ' '  and  fell  writhing  on  the 
floor. 

"  To  think  of  it,"  he  moaned,  "  after  publishing  all  your  poems 
in  the  paper,  and  rejecting  all  others  except  Schelling's  ! — this  is 
the  return  you  make  !     Oh  !  why  did  I " 

He  got  no  further,  for  a  loud  flourish  of  trumpets  was  heard 
outside,  and  C.  N.  Farr,  Jr.,  entered.  Surprise  and  amazement  were 
seen  on  all  sides,  for  Chester  had  not  been  inside  the  sanctum, 
except  to  steal  paper,  for  the  last  four  months.  The  surprise  turned 
into  helpless  and  petrified  astonishment  when  he  drew  from  his 
pocket  a  sheet  of  manuscript. 

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"Have  I  got  'em  again?"  exclaimed  Hartley,  dropping  his 
pipe  involuntarily  on  the  floor. 

"  What  is  it  ?  "  inquired  Josiah,  clutching  at  the  paper. 

1 '  A  college  note, ' '  said  Farr,  and  he  read  it  out :  "  '  The  board- 
.  walk  opposite  the  Library  Building  is  badly  in  need  of  repairs.'  " 

The  Chief  started  to  utter  a  malediction,  but  stopped  as  Frank 
Lee,  after  rummaging  in  his  pockets,  stepped  forward  and  handed 
him  a  contribution  which  an  outsider  had  sent  in.  Josiah  read  it; 
his  face  became  like  that  of  a  corpse;  his  limbs  relaxed. 

"  Fellows,"  he  stammered  feebly,  "  it's  a  joke  !  " 

At  this  horrible  announcement  consternation  was  depicted  on 
every  countenance.  Never  since  '90  had  had  the  paper  had  an 
original  joke  appeared  in  its  columns.  The  Pennsylvanian  had 
never  stooped  so  low.  It  had,  it  is  true,  yielding  to  the  perverted 
taste  of  Merrick,  stolen  jokes  from  other  papers,  but  publish  one  of 
its  own — bah  !  never  !  !  The  jest  was  burnt  to  ashes,  cast  to  the 
winds,  the  room  was  fumigated  to  remove  the  obnoxious  vapors, 
the  editors  resumed  their  tranquillity,  and  Penniman  and  Lee  sat 
down  and  wrote  seven  pages  in  seven  minutes,  and  filled  the  issue 
with  news,  none  of  which  was  less  than  two  or  more  than  four 
weeks  old. 

It  might  be  inferred  from  this  account  that  The  Pennsylvaniaii 
Board  of  '90  did  no  work.  This,  however,  would  be  a  gross  error. 
Frank  Lee  generally  wrote  half  a  dozen  "  topics  "  and  a  stray  poem 
or  two;  Hartley  Merrick  always  contributed  two  weekly  editorials, 
giving  the  Faculty  pointers  on  how  to  run  the  College.  He  like- 
wise compiled  the  "  Pennsyve  Clippings,"  containing  jokes  appre- 
ciated by  the  select  few.  Hughie  Ogden  constantly  produced 
reviews  of  books,  of  which  he  read  the  title  page,  and  then  averaged 
the  rest;  Billy  Lloyd  invariably  furnished  the  calendar,  which  con- 
sisted of  the  same  things  each  week,  with  the  dates  slightly  changed; 
while  Chester  Farr  as  invariably  furnished  nothing  at  all.  Every- 
thing in  the  paper  not  included  in  the  above  list  Joe  Penniman 
usually  handed  in.  We  must  not  forget  to  mention  among  slight 
incidentals  such  things  as  the  poems  of  Billy  Lloyd,  or  the  college 
notes  (commonly  evolved  from  his  inner  consciousness)  of  Hartley 

Merrick. 

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The  aforementioned  equable  division  of  labor  continued  in  force 
until  the  close  of  '90's  control,  and  for  examples  of  the  excellent 
results  attained  under  it  we  refer  the  reader  to  the  issues  of  The 
Pennsylvanian  from  April,  1889,  to  April,  1890,  complete  sets  of 
which  can  be  obtained  from  any  of  the  gentlemen  referred  to  on 
payment  of  the  paltry  sum  of  $2.00. 


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Good  Morning,  Doctor  !    Have  you  ever  used  Pear's  Soap? 


134 


THE  CAMERA  CLUB. 


I  A  HEN  George  Rosengarten  heard  that  he  had  been  elected 

111  President  of  the  Camera  Club  he  fainted  in  the  arms  of 
V^W  Mitchie,  who  had  broken  the  news  to  him.  While  recov- 
ering, he  was  heard  to  ask  feebly,  "  What  will  I  do  with 
it?"  "Never  mind,  George,"  said  Mitchie,  "we'll  fix  that  all 
right.  You  can  quietly  stay  President,  and  I'll  run  the  Club,"  and 
Mitchie  has' kept  his  word.  The  Camera  Club  is  an  institution  that 
was  willed  to  us  by  '89.  Several  members  of  that  curious  Class, 
fearing  that  their  names  in  Thk  Record  would  not  be  adorned  by  a 
sufficient  number  of  titles,  organized  the  Club,  elected  themselves 
officers,  and  then  proceeded  to  run  in  all  the  Faculty  as  honorary, 
and  some  of  the  students  as  insignificant,  members.  Some  of  the 
men,  however,  were  really  in  earnest,  and  were  determined  that  it 
should  not  degenerate  into  a  "fake;"  and  every  other  week  they 
listened  to  papers,  or  compared  negatives  in  the  Scientific  Society's 


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Museum.  In  the  spring  the  elections  were  held.  "Rosie"  was 
elected  President  in  order  to  compel  him  to  attend  the  meetings; 
Phil  Howard,  ist  Vice-President,  for  nearly  the  same  reason;  and 
Lloyd,  2d  Vice-President,  because  he  thought  he  knew  a  dry-plate 
from  a  window-pane.  Delaplaine  was  made  Secretary  because 
Mitchie  loved  him;  and  when  nominations  for  Treasurer  were  in 
order,  Mitchie  said  in  his  settling  way,  "  I'll  take  that."  This  year 
we  have  not  done  as  much  as  we  should  have  done,  as  it  was  utterly 
impossible  to  fix  an  hour  for  meeting  that  suited  any  two  men. 
Through  "  Charlie  "  Haupt's  kindness  we  were  allowed  to  use  his 
dark-room,  which  gave  us  an  opportunity  to  spend  part  of  our  sur- 
plus cash  on  chemicals.  We  were  always  planning  expeditions 
into  the  wilderness,  but  Jimmy  Irwin  insisted  on  going  to  Camden, 
at  which  the  others  kicked.  Our  artistic  triumphs  were  many,  but 
none  equalled  Mitchie' s  daring  feat  of  photographing  Capricornus 
in  his  stable.  It  is  believed  that  after  the  repose  of  this  year  the 
club  will  wake  into  a  more  exciting  existence,  "  develop,  tone,  fix  " 
Philadelphia  village,  and  get  into  the  newspapers. 


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M.M.R 


S' William's  Friend's  Best  Friend. 
[From  The  Scientific  American,  October  8th,  1887.J 

S  a  lecturer,  Professor  Barker  is  fluent  and  forcible  "  (How- 
ard Sypher  can  tell  you  whether  this  is  true  or  not),  "with 
a  perfect  command  of  his  subject."  (We  regret  to  state 
that  this  command  breaks  down  when  his  temper  gets 
the  best  of  him.)  "  For  the  elucidation  of  his  topic,  he 
finds  no  experiment"  (what  about  "Artie"  Goodspeed?)  "too 
troublesome  "  (except  when  they  don't  go  right  the  first  time),  "  and 
prosaic  formulas,  under  his  influence"  (more  deadly  than  "La 
Grippe  "),  "  acquire  new  and  vivid  significance  "  (especially  when 
exams,  are  in  the  near  foreground). — Written  by  Himself. 
[The  interpolations  are  ours. — Eds.,  Record.] 


"A 


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138 


RACKET  CLUB. 


<? 


URIOUSLY  enough,  '90  has  never  had  a 
Racket  Club.  No  one  has  ever  presented 
a  satisfactory  reason  for  it — or,  rather, 
for  its  absence — and  the  chances  are 
strongly  in  favor  of  none  ever  being  found.  Of 
course,  there  have  been  numerous  conjectures 
made  to  account  for  its  non-existence,  but  these 
conjectures  are  not  reasons,  and  are  not  satis- 
factory, anyhow.  When  the  question  has  been 
propounded  to  us  by  outsiders,  "  'Cause  why  ?" 
we  have  been  obliged  to  be  rude  to  them  and 
answer,  "  'Cause,"  which  has  had  the  invari- 
able effect  of  clinching  the  argument  and  of  preventing  further 
conversation  on  the  subject.  Still,  although  " '90' s  Racket "  has 
never  had  a  material  existence,  it  has  at  least  lived  an  uproariously 
healthy  life — on  paper.  About  the  beginning  of  Sophomore  year 
De  Lancey  Newlin  and  Hartley  Merrick  were  frequently  seen  with 
their  heads  together  in  earnest  conversation  anent  a  mysterious 
so?nethmg.  Many  shook  their  heads  at  this  portentous  sign,  and 
exclaimed,  "There  is  something  wicked  brewing!"  but  it  finally 
leaked  out  that  it  was  nothing  more  or  less  than  a  project  to  start  a 
Racket  Club.  Others  were  taken  into  their  confidence,  and  soon  a 
document  was  drawn  up  containing  the  names  of  fifteen  of  the 
fastest  men  in  the  Class,  including  Gummey  (who  at  the  time  was 
a  slave  to  vice;  since  then,  we  rejoice  to  say,  he  has  reformed).  Of 
course,  the  effect  of  Gummey 's  name  among  the  list  of  members 
proved  a  stumbling-block  to  some  of  the  men  with  quieter  tastes, 


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who  were  in  ignorance  of  "  Gum's  "  membership  till  they  saw  his 
name  on  the  list;  and  so,  one  by  one,  they  began  to  back  out. 
Warrie  Coulston  said  his  house  wasn't  big  enough  to  entertain  the 
Club  when  his  turn  came,  and  so  he  thought  he'd  better  resign. 
Lew  Audenried  excused  himself  on  the  ground  that  his  brothers 
didn't  like  to  have  liquor  in  the  house,  and  he  didn't  know  whether 
he'd  better  join,  because  he  knew  that  most  of  the  men  drank  lem- 
onade a  good  deal,  and  he  thought  they  might  expect  it  when  they 
came  to  his  "Racket."  "Buck"  Trotter  said  he  never  played 
cards  himself,  and  that  the  family  wouldn't  care  to  have  cards 
played  in  the  house  anyhow;  so  that  settled  him.  In  this  wray, 
like  the  animals  and  birds  in  "Alice  in  Wonderland,"  when  men- 
tion is  made  of  the  cat,  they  all  moved  off,  under  one  pretext  or 
another,  and  De  Lancey  and  Hartley  were  left  alone  in  their  glory, 
with  nothing  but  a  list  of  names.  "  Del,"  however,  was  still  hope- 
ful, and  every  now  and  then  he  would  say,  "I  say,  fellows,  I 
think  it's  a  shame  we  can't  have  a  racket!  "  to  which  a  chorus  of 
enthusiasts  would  reply,  "  So  do  I;"  and  then  another  futile  effort 
would  be  made  to  make  the  club  something  more  than  a  vain 
mockery.  The  club  would  ?wt  "racket,"  however,  and  so  we 
chronicle  its  peculiar  existence  here  simply  on  the  lucus  a  non 
lucendo  principle. 

Do  not,  gentle  reader,  judge  rashly  from  what  we  have  said 
that  the  spark  of  conviviality  has  been  lacking  in  our  breasts.  On 
the  contrary,  despite  the  fact  that  the  Racket  Club's  existence  has 
been  confined  to  ' '  substratum  ' '  (for  the  definition  of  which  expres- 
sion consult  Ogden's  "Elements  of  Substratic  Philosophy,"  pp. 
2361-4),  the  tutelary  deities  of  "  Brinton's  Dive"  have  smiled 
more  than  once  upon  the  gay  and  gleesome  countenances  of  '90's 
roisterers.  Within  that  hallowed  (!)  precinct  Audenried,  Trotter 
and  Newlin  have  learned  how  to  square  the  "  circle  " — a  most  profit- 
able employment  for  all  those  who  are  anxious  to  square  themselves 
— while  others  of  us  have  learned  how  to  smoke  and — you  thought 
we  were  going  to  say  drink,  didn't  you? — have  a  good  time  generally. 
Perhaps,  after  all,  it  is  just  as  well  we  did  not  have  regularly 
organized  "  Rackets  "  (sour  grapes? — well,  possibly),  as  they  might 

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have  detracted  from  the  enjoy  ability  of  our  suppers,  and  have  been 
the  means  of  leading  ' '  Cherub  ' '  Stevens  and  De  Lancey  Newlin 
away  from  the  virtuous  promptings  of  their  respective  consciences 
into  the  gloomy  paths  of  vice.  Such,  fortunately,  has  not  been  the 
case,  and  they  are  still  uncorrupted.  Kind  reader,  if  in  the  dim 
future  you  hear  a  gentle  voice  whispering  in  your  ear  the  sad 
refrain,  "I  say,  fellows,  I  think  it's  a  shame  we  can't  get  up  a 
Racket  Club!"  be  not  alarmed,  but  recognize  in  it  the  eternal 
lament  of  De  Lancey  over  the  fallen  fortunes  of  '90's  might-have- 
been-celebrated  Racket  Club. — Requiescat  in  pace. 


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UNIVERSITY  ORCHESTRA. 


THOUGH  the  majority  of  trie  members  of  the  Class  of  '90,  it 
must  be  confessed,  turn  rather  to  the  sensuous  than  to  the 
intellectual  side  of  music,  and  though  Merrick,  our  great 
authority  on  such  matters,  declares  that  he  would  rather 
hear  the  band  play  "Annie  Laurie"  than  listen  to  a  sym- 
phony in  Z  flat,  we  have  not  failed  to  appreciate,  and  even  at  times 
(when  safe  from  an  encore)  to  applaud  the  triumphs  of  our  Univer- 
sity musicians  over  harmony  and  melody.  As  Miller  is  preparing 
a  monograph  for  the  University  Press  upon  the  evoluticm  of  the 
trombone,  the  same  to  include  a  history  of  the  Orchestra  concerts 


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and  the  subsequent  pawning  of  the  instruments,  it  is  not  necessary 
for  us  to  dwell  at  length  on  these  crises  in  College  history.  From 
the  back  benches  of  the  chapel,  as  Freshmen,  we  welcomed  the 
Orchestra  on  the  threshold  of  its  brilliant  career,  proud  to  recognize 
among  the  torturers  of  catgut  our  classmate,  Howard  Sypher. 
But  this  was  in  the  day  of  beginnings  of  little  things;  this  was 
before  Charles  Peter  Big-Chump  had  perpetrated  his  "Cap  and 
Gown  Waltzes,"  and,  abetted  by  his  satellites,  had  performed  them 
unflinchingly  at  Commencement  in  the  face  of  a  long-suffering 
Faculty  and  Board  of  Trustees.  This  was  before  their  wily  Treasurer 
succeeded  in  entrapping  a  host  of  innocent  Freshmen  into  buying 
engraved  invitations  to  a  concert,  by  holding  out  as  bait  the  allur- 
ing prospect  of  seeing  their  names  in  print  in  '89's  Record — a  de- 
ception worthy  of  the  nimble  bunco  steerer.  In  fact,  this  was 
before  '90  assumed  control,  before  that  bright  luminary,  Miller, 
ascended  above  the  horizon  of  obscurity  and  beamed  upon  an  en- 
raptured world.  "  Music  hath  charms,"  but  none  that  can  compete 
with  those  of  the  President  of  the  Orchestra.  In  times  past  C.  P. 
B.  J.' s  patriarchal  appearance  and  luxuriant  chin  beard  may  have 
been  a  good  drawing  card,  but  never  such  as  has  been  found  in  the 
imposing  presence,  in  the  voluptuous  form,  in  the  radiant  visage 
of  our  one  and  only  Miller.  Ninety  does  not  devote  to  music  a 
paltry  aggregate  of  insignificant  units;  her  delegate  rises  superior 
both  in  quality  and  quantity  (330  lbs.),  and  in  timbre.  With  the 
aid  of  Justin  Sypher,  the  infant  prodigy  from  '93,  who  has  played 
in  the  Orchestra  ever  since  he  wore  long  clothes,  our  representative 
has  successfully  completed  his  year  of  pre-eminence;  and  whenever 
there  has  been  an  entertainment  given,  or  a  scheme  projected  at 
the  University  whose  promoters  were  too  poor  to  apply  to  the 
"Germania,"  the  Orchestra  has  been  patriotically  requested  to 
enliven  the  proceedings.  On  Washington's  Birthday  it  appeared, 
grimly  determined  to  drown  the  Glee  Club.  The  fun  began  at  the 
word  "  go."  In  vain  the  Glee  Club,  with  open  mouths  and  bulging 
eyes,  endeavored  to  make  themselves  heard,  but  the  men  who  blew 
and  sawed  kept  the  lead  until  the  applause  proclaimed  them  the 
victors.     The  Glee  Club  then  held  a  special  meeting,  went  down  to 

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South  street,  and  bought  up  a  dozen  second-hand  dress  [suits  [and 
paper  ties,  and  smiled  when  they  thought  how  small  the  musicians 
would  feel.  But  once  more  the  Orchestra  displayed  its  sagacity. 
Sending  emissaries  among  the  students,  it  collected  a  number  of 
college  gowns  and  started  in  as  the  champions  of  that  becoming 
garment.  Since  then  the  Glee  Club  has  been  vowing  ^vengeance, 
and,  it  is  thought,  will  grease  the  fiddle  strings  and  fill  the'wind 
instruments  with  peas  on  Commencement  Day. 


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The  Millennium. 


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rtcs^tnr  w»\ 


°*~    T»JT     CLCtB- 


NINETY  IN  THE 
GUN  CLUB. 


UN  CLUB  of  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania  is  the  title 
of  what  was,  until  this  year, 
a  most  facetious  organiza- 
tion. It  had  a  membership 
of  twenty,  which  twenty  paid  every  year  dues  of  two  dollars  per 
capita.  This  entitled  them  to  all  the  privileges  and  immunities  of 
the  club,  which  said  privileges  and  immunities  were  in  number 
twain : 

Privilege  and  immunity  No.  i:  To  think  Yale  Dolan  a  fine 
shot;  and 

Privilege  and  immunity  No.  2:  To  pursue  the  even  tenor  of 
one's  way  until  the  dues  were  payable  again. 

The  club  was  well  (numerically  speaking)  officered.  It  had  a 
president,  eight  vice-presidents;  a  receiving,  a  keeping  and  a  dis- 
bursing treasurer;  a  recording,  a  corresponding  and  an  inefficient 
secretary  (Trotter);  a  maid  of  all  work,  a  keeper  of  the  seal,  a 
lord  high  cleaner  of  the  plate,  a  prime  minister,  and  two  hundred 
and  thirty-seven  standing  (when  in  a  fit  condition  they  stood) 
committees. 

But  despite  defects  in  organization  the  Gun  Club  possessed  a 
team,  of  which  Brinton  and  Dolan  were  members,  which  wiped  up 
everything  for  several  years.  Whatever  '90  was  in  other  branches  of 
sport,  she  was  large,  ripe  and  juicy  with  the  shooting-iron — only 
once  did  her  team  fail  to  win  the  championship.  And  that  was  in 
June,  1888;  the  match  was  shot  off  at  "  Lamb  Tavern,"  the  license 
had  just  been  refused,  and  they  had  nothing  but  soft  drinks. 

This  affected  John  Brinton  and  George  Rosengarten  (him  of  the 


profane  nickname)  to  snch  a  degree  that  their  shooting  was  poor; 
it  affected  Freddie  Neilson  to  a  less  degree,  and  Yale  Dolan  to  a  de- 
gree still  less.     But  they  lost  to  '89. 

Until  Junior  year  the  practice  grounds  were  selected  with  re- 
gard to  surroundings,  i.e.,  good  drinking — water  in  the  vicinity. 
But  in  Junior  year,  after  the  expenditure  of  much  labor  and  expense, 
John  Brinton  procured  grounds  on  the  outskirts  of  Altoona.  John 
said  there  was  no  use  of  expecting  fellows  to  come  out  to  practice 
unless  the  grounds  were  handy. 

It  would  be  a  serious  error  to  close  this  account  without  re- 
counting the  wonderful  shooting  match  that  took  place  between 
dear  little  Buck  Trotter  and  Kitten-face  Patterson  in  Junior  year. 

The  match  was  held  on  February  26th,  1889,  and  is  still  being 
held. 

Trot  shot  at  a  lark  just  as  the  trap  was  sprung,  and  thus  hap- 
pened to  break  a  "pigeon."  Pat's  gun  went  off  before  he  was 
ready,  and  a  piece  of  felt  out  of  Trot's  hat  (through  which  the  load 
passed)  struck  the  pigeon  and  broke  it.  After  that,  report  after  re- 
port rang  out,  but  the  score  remained  1-1.  John  Brinton  had  made 
a  rule  that  each  man  just  pay  two  cents  for  every  bird  he  shot  at, 
whether  he  broke  it  or  not;  so  the  club  encouraged  this  match; 
for  it  fairly  coined  money.  When  the  match  was  over  for  each  day, 
at  trifling  expense — say  a  cigarette — some  youth  would  gather  up 
the  birds,  and  put  them  away  for  the  next  match.  Thus  the  same 
box  of  birds  Trot  and  Pat  paid  for  twenty  times.  As  we  go  to  press, 
June  1st,  1890,  the  match  is  still  in  progress — score:  Trotter  1, 
Patterson  1. 


THE  CHAPEL  CHOIR. 


k  flNETY,  containing  a  great  many  aspirants  who  failed  to  get 
|\|  on  the  College  Glee,  has  been  largely  represented  in  the 
I    «      famous  Chapel  Choir. 

I  About  Junior  year,   owing  to  a   pernicious    note  in    The 

Pennsylvania?i  recommending  all  those  having  good,  strong  voices 
to  sit  near  the  organ,  it  became  the  fashion  for  the  sky-larks  and 
nightingales  of  the  Class  to  sing  in  the  Choir. 

The  word  "  strong  "  caught  Gamon's  eye;  and  to  the  secret  joy 
of  Freddie  Neilson  and  others,  whose  taste  in  music  is  notoriously 
bad,  Gamon  went  to  sit  near  the  organ.  The  first  verse  of  every 
hymn  thereafter  was  merely  a  solo  by  Gamon.  He  became  fagged 
out  on  the  second,  however,  and  the  rest  of  the  Choir  and  the  organ 
could  be  faintly  heard.  The  third  and  fourth  verses  were  about 
equally  balanced.  But  these  magnificent  voices  seldom  last  long, 
and  Gamon's  career  was  necessarily  short. 

On  Friday,  March  15th,  1889,  the  voices  of  Truitt  and  Scher- 
merhorn,  having  been  rejected  for  the  fourth  consecutive  time  by 

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the  College  Glee,  were  heard  in  the  Chapel  Choir.  Six  Freshmen 
on  the  extreme  bench  in  the  southeast  corner  of  the  chapel  and  two 
Seniors  in  the  corresponding  southwest  bench  were  much  pleased 
with  the  graceful  carriage  of  these  gentlemen,  and  regretted  their 
inability  to  hear  their  voices.  The  Class  of  '90  regretted  its  inability 
to  admire  their  graceful  carriage. 

On  November  25th,  1889,  Neilson  and  Penniman,  desiring  to 
advertise  the  Glee  Club,  entered  the  Choir.  Shortly  after  this 
Dennison  began  to  play  ancient  and  obsolete  hymn-tunes,  such  as 
were  sung  in  the  Ark  and  the  Garden  of  Eden,  and  such,  conse- 
quently, as  only  Penniman  and  Neilson,  with  their  profound 
Scriptural  knowledge,  could  now  sing.  The  suspicious  connection 
between  these  two  facts  we  merely  note,  leaving  the  reader  to  draw 
his  own  conclusions.  The  Glee  Club,  however,  was  sufficiently 
advertised,  and  Neilson  and  Penniman  were  forced  to  wander 
through  college  for  a  week,  disguised  as  Wharton  School  students, 
until  the  enthusiasm  created  by  the  advertisement  had  subsided. 


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IN  THE  GREEK  PLAY. 


what  shall  we  attribute  the  success  of  the 
Greek  Play  ?  Shall  we  even  speak  of  the 
triumph  of  the  U.  of  P.  in  her  production  of 

the  Acharnians  ?    Shall  we No!   We  shall 

not.  Three  Records  have  already  done  all 
this,  but  they  have  maintained  a  strict  silence 
on  the  subject  of  the  personal  triumph  of 
Right  Royal  Stiffendus  Truitt,  '90,  M.P.  (mem- 
ber of  Philo) — a  silence  born  of  class  jealousy. 
Stiffy  had  a  long  part  ;  but  never  were  as 
many  words  in  any  language  uttered  in  less 
time  than  those  that  composed  Stiffy's  lines. 
Stiffy  just  walked  in  L.  U.  E.  and  straight  out 
R.  U.  E.,  having  given  utterance  to  nine  hun- 
dred and  thirty-five  thousand  words — exclusive 
Aar'c,  juew'c,  and  <5s'c. 

Next  to  Truitt  in  personal  success  were 
Howard  Sypher  and  Freddie  Neilson,  both  members  of  '90  and  of 
the  Chorus.  Freddie  said  that,  when  the  Chorus  threw  off  their 
"sheets,"  and  walked  down  to  the  footlights  in  all  the  glory  of 
bare  legs,  he  saw  every  girl  in  the  house  level  her  glass  on  his 
legs.  But  this  statement  must  be  taken  with  a  grain  of  salt, 
inasmuch  as  Freddie  has  always  appeared  to  us  to  be  unnecessarily 
proud  of  his  legs.  His  opinion  on  theatrical  matters,  nevertheless, 
is  equalled  in  value  only  by  his  opinion  on  musical  and  footballical 
matters;  and  he  gave  it  as  his  criticism  of  the  Acharnians  that 
' '  Pepper  should  have  introduced  more  local  gags ;  that  he  (Neil- 
son)  should  have  been  asked  to  sing  a  comic  song,  and  that  the 
audience  would  have  liked  the  '  show '  better  if  they  had  been 
able  to  find  out  what  it  was  all  about." 


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THE  SPAGHETTI  CLUB. 


IT  was  the  last  recitation  in  Latin  for  Sophomore  year.  The 
Professor  had  brought  out  a  roll  of  paper,  and  to  the  great 
relief  of  the  men  present  had  entered  into  a  lengthy  explanation 
of  how  necessary  it  was  to  choose  one's  electives  to  suit  the 
roster.  In  order  that  the  mild  eloquence  should  not  cease,  a  few 
men  paid  strict  attention;  the  rest  sat  and  brooded.  Among  the 
latter  were  four  whose  hearts  ached  with  that  burning  pain  which 
attends  a  sense  of  slighted  genius.  They  had  not  neglected  their 
lesson ;  on  the  contrary,  they  had  compared  the  text  most  carefully 
with  the  authorized  English  version,  and  had  paid  the  closest 
attention  to  Burke,  second,  when  he  read  aloud  before  the  hour. 


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Yet  the}- had  been  maltreated — cruelly  "bucked."  Brinton  had 
scored  zero,  while  Coulston,  Newlin  and  Zimmerman  had  fallen  to 
thirty  below.  As  the  Professor  was  preparing  to  write  down  the 
electives  they  debated  in  mind,  "Shall  we  make  a  scene?  Shall 
we  pull  his  beard  and  curse  ?  Will  we  stay  in  college  if  we  do  ? 
Better  it  were  to  part  from  him  in  sorrow  than  in  wrath;  more 
Christianlike  and  less  annihilating."  When  their  names  were 
called,  "  Zim  "  said  he  thought  of  taking  prussic  acid,  but  would 
compromise  on  Italian;  Brinton  answered  "  Modern  Latin;"  Newlin, 
"Dago;"  and  Coulston,  "Spaghetti."  The  club  was  thus  organ- 
ized, although  "Zim"  soon  withdrew.  Rennert  was  delegated  to 
represent  the  Faculty,  and  out  of  respect  for  that  body  was  made 
chairman.  Tender  associations  already  clustered  about  the  name 
of  Rennert.  He  it  was  who  had  conducted  the  ideal  German  course; 
he  it  was  who  had  excused  from  examination  nine-tenths  of  the 
Class,  and  had  treated  the  other  tenth  with  princely  generosity. 
The  "Spaghetti"  began  with  high  hopes,  which  experience  has 
not  proved  false.  There  were  no  definite  hours  fixed  for  the  meet- 
ings, nor  was  there  a  regular  club  room.  At  any  hour  of  the  day, 
when  lack  of  other  engagements  enabled  him  to  get  a  quorum, 
Rennert  would  meet  his  disciples  in  some  quiet  nook,  or  on  a  steam 
radiator  in  the  hallway;  and  then,  having  quieted  Delancois  with 
a  few  hot  "  peanutti,"  he  would  take  John  on  one  knee,  Warrie  on 
the  other,  and  whisper  the  soft  and  musical  words  of  balmy  Italy. 
These  meetings,  held  at  intervals  of  a  few  weeks,  were  most  enjoy- 
able, especially  one  held  at  Brinton's  invitation,  where  "  birra  " 
was  imbibed  through  the  native  maccaroni  tubes.  Has  the  club 
learned  to  speak  Dago  ?  Well,  you  should  just  see  Warrie  convers- 
ing with  a  certain  dark-eyed  entrancing  maiden  who  runs  a 
particular  fruit-stand,  or  Brinton  and  Newlin  whirling  in  dreamy 
waltzes,  each  with  a  lovely  countess,  at  the  Organ  Ball,  and  you 
will  be  convinced  that  the  Spaghetti  Club  has  not  been  without  its 
purpose  in  the  grand  scheme  of  the  Universe. 


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WW. 


54 


The  Reverend  Fullerton  Hypnotizes  the  Reverend  Du  Hamel, 


THE  PHILOSOPHIC  SEMINAR. 


"U/ 


ALK  in,  Mr.  Peocock  !  Very  glad  to  see  you,  Mr. 
Stevens  !"  says  the  genial  Professor,  welcoming  the 
latecomers  to  his  cozy  den.  ' '  I  hope  you  all  smoke  ? ' ' 
he  adds  dubiously,  with  a  stern  glance  at  two  or  three 
embryo  parsons,  who  edge  away  from  the  poisonous  yet  insidious 
weeds  offered  by  their  friends  ;  a  few,  dreading  conditions,  begin 
forlornly  with  ghastly  presentiments  of  the  consequences.  While 
the  Professor  is  improvising  an  ash-receiver  from  a  blank  roll,  the 
members  take  their  places.  Jefferys  and  Nappy  huddle  into  the 
farthest  corner;  the  Arts  and  Science  men  humbly  range  themselves 
about  the  foot  of  the  table;  and  the  Wharton  School  men,  with  the 
cheerful  self-confidence  of  their  department,  gather  closely  about 
the  Professor,  and  share  his  book.  "  Will  you  begin,  Mr.  Rowe  ?  " 
and,  clearing  his  throat  impressively,  Rowe  reads  a  lengthy  para- 


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graph  in  Descartes'  "  Method,"  ending  with  the  words:  "  I  supposed 
that  all  the  objects  that  had  ever  entered  into  my  mind  when  awake 
had  in  them  no  more  truth  than  the  illusions  of  my  dreams." 
"Ah,"  says  the  Professor,  smacking  his  lips,  while  his  face  lights 
up  with  a  smile  of  satisfaction,  "  does  that  seem  good,  Mr.  Calves  ?  " 
"No,  sir,"  replies  Calves,  tremblingly,  while  Ford  and  the  other 
Science  men  squirm  on  their  chairs,  growing  uneasy  at  the  thought  of 
being  drawn  on  to  perjure  themselves  by  a  series  of  compulsory  ad- 
missions. The  Arts  men,  who  go  through  the  mill  three  times  a 
week,  smile  to  see  their  friends  prepare  to  suffer.  We  will  not  reveal 
the  process  by  which  our  instructor  reduces  the  student's  mind  to 
pulp.  It  is  called  the  Socratic  Method,  and  makes  one  have  a  fellow- 
feeling  toward  the  victims  of  the  Greek  sage.  It  is  sufficient  to  say 
that  by  the  time  the  Professor  has  let  his  cigar  go  out  for  the  thirtieth 
time,  and  has  borrowed  all  Mitcheson's  matches,  Calves  is  ready  to 
admit:  "  First,  that  I  may  wake  up  at  any  moment  and  find  that 
I  am  all  a  mistake  ;  second,  that,  from  the  state  of  my  feelings, 
I  am  either  intoxicated  or  insane,  or  both  ;  and  third,  whatever 
is,  isn't ;  that  there  are  seven  hundred  and  ninety-six  uses  of 
the  word  '  same,'  and  no  substratum,  even  in  a  kitty  or  a  widow." 
The  Seminar  now  returns  to  Descartes.  Willie  Burk  reads,  opening 
the  book  with  a  slap,  and  unconsciously  chanting,  "  Here  beginneth 
the  First  Lesson."  Ogden  listens  with  that  supercilious  air  of  pat- 
ronage that  shows  itself  in  the  countenances  of  those  who  consider 
the  earth  theirs,  and  the  fulness  thereof;  the  two  "  Bielas  "  encour- 
age Burke,  second,  not  to  give  up  the  "  real  post,"  while  from  behind 
' '  Lady  Agnes ' '  Gummey  makes  desperate  efforts  to  interpose  ob- 
jections. Others  are  not  so  busy.  Farr  runs  his  tapering  fingers 
through  his  luxuriant  curls,  and  dreams  of  the  fair  maid  of  Fressing- 
field,  while  Warrie  Coulston  endeavors,  politely  but  firmly,  to  de- 
cline the  Pittsburgh  "stogie"  that  Hartley  Merrick  insists  upon 
thrusting  into  his  hands.  All  this  time  Brinton  has  been  thinking 
hard  (he  will  do  it  sometimes),  and  during  a  pause  he  breaks  in 
with — "Professor — er — can't  we  have  some  tricks?"  Wild  con- 
fusion follows,  in  the  midst  of  which  one  can  hear  Brinton  muttering 
that  he  didn't  come  to  have  doubts  cast  on  the  reality  of  his  dearest, 

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and  that  he  wanted  to  see  Warrie  Coulston  hypnotized  and  played 
with.  When  order  is  restored  the  Professor  obligingly  complies. 
As  the  state  is  a  familiar  one  to  the  Upper  Class  men,  and  as  it  is 
bad  policy  to  gratify  the  curiosity  of  the  children,  we  will  only  hint 
broadty  that  our  subject  was  in  great  form,  tied  himself  in  a  bow- 
knot  to  a  chair  rung,  passed  through  key  holes  with  ease,  sang  "  I 
want  to  be  angel  "  (a  brazen  falsehood),  and  performed  still  more 
wonderful  feats  that  may  not  be  mentioned  outside  the  jealously 
guarded  doors  of  the  Seminar  room,  or  the  hallowed  precincts  of  the 
sanctimonious  Contemporary  Club. 


PROFESSOR  SCHILLING'S  SEMINAR. 


+  ,  j^^OR   the  last  time  to-night,  gentlemen,"   observed   Felix, 

^<  uncoiling  his  legs,  "  you  must  allow  me  to  ventilate  one 
of  my  heresies  to  you."     This  was  the  tenth  heresy  of 

|  the  evening.     "  Mitchie's  "  sensitive  mouth  fell,  Ogden 

shut  his  teeth  with  a  snap  that  bit  in  two  the  flowery  metaphor 
that  was  just  dropping  from  his  lips,  while  Burke,  second,  took  a 
terrific  pull  at  his  cheroot,  and  endeavored  to  feign  an  air  of  easy 
unconsciousness,  as  if  he  had  been  used  to  smoking  all  his  life, 
instead  of  having  begun  last  week.  The  rest  of  the  Seminar 
inclined  their  ear-flaps  at  the  most  convenient  angle  for  catching 
the  sound,  and  listened  attentively. 

"Gentlemen,"  said  Felix,  proceeding  with  the  ventilation, 
"the  heresy  is  this:  I  don't  believe  that  George  Gascoigne  was 
born  in  1535.  (Tremendous  sensation.  Cries  of  "Oh!  my," 
"  How  shocking,"  etc.,  etc.)  Don't  be  surprised,  gentlemen;  and 
remember  that  this  is  merely  my  opinion.  Of  course  you  are 
welcome  to  your  own;   I  wouldn't  presume  to "  etc.,  etc. 

"But,"  said  Lloyd,  "Mister — Professor  Schelling,  that  can- 
not possibly  be."  (Here  Biela  entered  into  a  profound  statistical 
discussion  which  we  cannot  publish.) 

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"Excuse  me,  Mr.  Lloyd,"  replied  Mister  —  Professor  Schell- 
ing,  "but  you  must  place  yourself  in  the  position  of  a  man  in 
the  sixteenth  century.  Then  you  cannot  fail  to  perceive  that 
George  Gascoigne  was  not  born  in  1535.  Your  opinion,  Mr.  Lloyd, 
I  cannot  agree  with;  indeed  I  think  it  unfounded,  if  you'll  pardon 
my  plain  speaking."     (Smiling  sweetly  at  Lloyd.) 

"  Oh,  certainly,"  said  Lloyd,  boiling  over  with  rage. 

"  Reall}',  Mr.  Lloyd,"  said  Felix,  trying  to  look  as  if  he 
had  not  made  a  break,  "  I  hope  I  haven't  offended  you.     You  see, 

gentlemen ."     (The   remaining   sixteen  manuscript   pages    of 

this  speech  of  apology  we  have  unfortunately  lost.) 

And  now  Burke,  second,  having  taken  another  pull  at  his 
cheroot,  which  nearly  knocked  him  down,  said:  "Professor,  what 
would  you  define  a  poem  as?  "  This  was  a  most  unhappy  move. 
The  rest  of  the  Seminar  looked  daggers  at  the  unfortunate  Burkie, 
and  then  resigned  themselves  to  the  situation. 

Felix's  eye  brightened,  and,  twisting  his  legs  into  the  shape 
of  caduceus,  he  started  out:  "Gentlemen,  understand  me;  this  is 
my  own  opinion,  and ."  (But  here  again,  owing  to  the  careless- 
ness of  a  servant  girl,  who  upset  a  lamp  on  our  notes,  we  are 
obliged  to  retrench,  and  give  but  a  small  fragment  of  Felix's 
remarks.)  "  .  .  subjectivity  .  .  .  highest  type  of 
poetry  .  .  .  true  poem  .  .  .  quite  right  ...  I  hope 
you'll  pardon  me,  gentlemen,  for  inflicting  my  own  views  on  you 
at  such  length." 

"  Only  too  happy,"  said  Hartley  Merrick,  from  the  back  of  the 
room,  and  the  Seminar  closed. 


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SCHELLING   WINS   THE   DERBY   ON   SAINTSBURY. 

LECTURE  ON  ALEXANDER  POPE. 

By  Prof.  F.  E.  Schilling. 


"I 


(Omitting  the  quotations  from  Saintsbury,  Ward,  Gosse,  Bagehot  and 
St.  Matthew  Arnold,  delivered  Dec.  23d,  1888.) 

WITH  you  to  note  thith  ethpethially  ...  in  general  you 
may  note  thith  fact  .  .  .  you  will  note  a  peculiarity  .  .  . 
which  ith  unquethtionably  .  .  .  'th  matherpiethe  ...  it 
ith  curiouth  to  note  .  .  .  the  truth  of  the  matter  wath  .  .  . 
the  thucthethth  was  tremendouth  ...  by  the  by  .  .  .  thith  poem 
ith  —  th  betht  ...  he  hath  an  originality  and  depth  .  .  .  you  may 
note  the  fact  .  .  .  which  you  may  remember  ...  I  want  to  thay 
right  here  .  .  .  you  may  thay  .  .  .  what  I  mean  ith  .  .  .  the  truth 
of  the  matter  ith  .    .    .  by  the  by  .    .    .1  thyall  not  thay  a  great  deal 


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more   about   him  .    .    .  there   ith  an  interethting  thtory,   I  think 

.  .  .  pleathe  note  thith  fact  .  .  .  hentheforth  hith  pothithion  ath 
literary  dictator  wath  unquethtioned  ...  it  ith  thuffithient  to  thay 

...  let  me  further  thay  ...  by  the  by  .  .  .  but  it  ith  not  at 
all  thurprithing  .  .  .  you  will  remember  ...  I  with  you  to  note 
right  here  .    .    .  however,  he  did  one  good  thing  .    .    .  unfortunately 

.  .  .I'll  thpeak  of  it  in  a  moment  .  .  .  Mithter  Brinton,  come  to 
order,  pleathe  ...  I  with  you'd  note  that,  gentlemen  .  .  .  ath 
you  can  readily  thee  .  .  .  the  man  I  have  mentioned  ...  I  with 
you  to  note  thethe  two  nameth  .  .  .  you'll  thee,  of  courthe,  gentle- 
men .  .  .  Mithter  Newlin,  thith  ith  not  a  nurthery,  and  I'm  not  a 
child' th  nurthe  .  .  .  one  of  hith  finetht  pictheth  ...  I  want  to 
thay  one  or  two  more  wordth  ...  it  ith  notitheable  ...  I  cannot 
have  thith  running  commentary,  Mithter  Gummey  ...  I  want 
you  to  note  thith  one  fact,  gentlemen  .  .  .  that  ith  one  of  the 
peculiaritieth  of  the  book  ...  an  eathy-going  account  of  thingth 
in  general  .  .  .  you  may  put  down  .  .  .  that  ith  not  my  word, 
gentlemen   .    .    .    It'th  only  jutht  for  me  to  tell  you,  gentlemen 

.  .  .  Now,  in  regard  to  thtyle  ....  with  thertain  limi- 
TATionth,  he  ith  unrivalled  .  .  .  now  underthand  thith, 
gentlemen  ...  I  mean  .  .  .  don't  mithunderthand  me,  gentle- 
men .  .  .  ekthecution,  in  thyort,  all  that  can  be  dethired  .  .  .  ath 
I  told  you  before  .  .  .  pleathe  note  thethe  words  ...  I  will  repeat 
it  if  you  with  .  .  .  gentlemen  and  Mithter  Coulthton,  pleathe 
come  to  order  .    .    .  true  metal  .    .    .let  me  thay  ...  by  the  by 

...  I  mutht  thay  ...  I  with  you  a  merry  Krithmath." 


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Pennsylvania  Chapter  of  the  Delta  Upsilon 
Fraternity. 

Established  March  23d,  1888. 


COLLEGE  DEPARTMENT. 

'90. 

Henry  Ashton  Little. 

'91. 

vSamuel  Rakestraw  Colladay,  Frederick  Leser,  Jr., 

Topliff  Johnson. 

'92. 
Thomas  Luther  Coley,  Arthur  Conover  Thompson, 

William  Stewart  Jamison,  Ryland  Warriner  Greene, 

Joseph  Williams  Fell,  Charles  James  Dougherty. 

'93- 
John  Horner  Ruckman,  Howard  Persifor  Smith. 


LAW  DEPARTMENT. 
Howard  Hungerford  Sypher. 


MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 
Arthur  L.  Smith. 
Alexander  Heron  Davisson,  John  Harper  Girvin. 


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Eta  Chapter  of  the  Fraternity  of  Delta  Phi, 

Established  1849. 


George  Dana  Boardman,  D.D., 
William  A.  Lamberton,  A.B. 


Horace  Howard  Furness,  Jr., 
Thomas  Wilkins  Hulme, 
Henry  Warren  Kilbnrn  Hale, 
De  Lancey  Verplanck  Newlin, 
John  Joseph  Borie, 
Edward  Prime  Goodell, 
Louis  DeP.  Vail, 
William  Henry  Ashhurst, 
Francis  Willard, 
Eugene  Beauharnais  Beaumont, 
Addison  F.  Lansing, 
John  K.  Mohr, 
J.  Granville  Leach,  Jr., 
Philip  Thomas  Penrose, 
Walter  Rodman  Lincoln, 
Thomas  Kelly. 


16.5 


Fraternity  of  Delta  Psi,  Delta  Chapter. 


George  Tucker  Bispham,  A.M., 
Christopher  Stuart  Patterson,  A.M. 
John  P.  Crozer  Griffith,  M.D., 
Frederick  A.  Packard,  M.D. 


William  Paull  Howell, 
Lawrence  Savery  Smith, 
Charles  Harrison  Frazier, 
Francis  Randolf  Packard, 
Chauncey  Pelton  Smith, 
Archibald  Grahm  Thomson, 
Richard  Henry  Bayard  Bowie, 
Francis  R.  Bohlen, 
William  Henry  Dillingham, 
George  Stuart  Patterson, 
Frederick  Robeson  Baker, 
Horace  Andrews  Walton, 
Thomas  Powers  Harris, 
Thomas  Wallis  Huidekoper, 
Clayton  Fotterall  McMichael, 
Walter  Barclay, 

Charles  Nicoll  Bancker  Camac, 
Jay  Bucknell  Lippincott, 
Philip  Howard  Brice, 
Henry  Clay  Butcher, 
George  Shaffer  Gummey, 
George  McFadden, 
Clyde  Milne, 
Arthur  Villiers  Morton, 
Samuel  Kreamer  Reeves, 
Walter  Smith  Thomson. 


167 


Zeta  Psi  Fraternity,  Sigma  Chapter. 

Founded  July  5th,  1850. 


BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 
William  Pepper,  M.D.,  LL.D.,  Charles  C.  Harrison, 

Hon.  Henry  Reed. 

FACULTY. 
Horace  Jayne,  M.D.,  Louis  Starr,  M.D., 

Thomas  R.  Neilson,  M.D.,  James  Alan  Montgomery,  A.B. 


'90. 
William  Halm  Patterson,  William  Henry  Trotter,  Jr. 

'91. 
Trevanion  Borda  Dallas,  George  Ingels  MacLeod,  Jr. , 

Lloyd  Carpenter  Griscom,  Sidney  Wheaton  Smith, 

Henry  Ingersoll  Brown. 

'92. 
Charles  Louis  Borie,  Franklin  Peale  Patterson, 

John  Harold  Brockie,  Abram  Sharpless  Valentine, 

Albert  Bartram  Kelley,  Samuel  Bowman  Wheeler. 

'93- 
Joseph  Corbit  Davis,  George  Reese  Newbold, 

Norman  MacLeod. 

LAW  DEPARTMENT. 
Cortlandt  Kimball  Bolles,  George  Wharton  Pepper,  A.B. 

Charles  Cooper  Townsend,  A.B. 


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Penna.  Zeta  Chapter,  Phi  Delta  Theta  Fraternity. 


Harry  C.  Deaver,  M.D., 
Charles  S.  Potts,  M.D., 
G.  Oram  Ring,  M.D., 
Lester  B.  Schoch,  M.D. 


David  Guy  Anderson, 
Herbert  B.  Clearwater, 
Frank  Penrose  Croft, 
Plenry  Delaplaine, 
Edwin  Stauffer  Gault, 
Amos  Lawson  Graves,  Jr., ' 
John  B.  Haden, 
Philip  Fitzpatrick  Heraty, 
Herbert  Rutherford  Hogg, 
Philip  Eugene  Howard, 
Benjamin  Brentnall  Lathbury 
Seyichiro  Terashima, 
Harrison  Wainwright  Latta, 
George  Francis  Levan, 
Charles  Joseph  McFadden, 
James  Clark  Moore,  Jr. , 
Oscar  M.  Richards, 
John  Romaine  Ricker, 
John  W.  Shaw,  Jr., 
Edward  Adams  Shumway, 
Lewis  Summerl  Somers, 
James  Mortimer  West,  Jr., 
James  Charles  Ziegler. 


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Alpha  Chapter  of  the  Phi  Kappa  Sigma  Fraternity. 


BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 
Wharton  Barker,  A.M.,  Samuel  Dickson,  A.M. 

John  C.  Sims,  Jr.,  A.M. 


FACULTY. 
Louis  A.  Duhriug,  M.D.,  Barton  C.  Hirst,  M.D. 

Richard  H.  Harte,  M.D. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LAW. 

Russell  Duane,  A.B. 
COLLEGE  DEPARTMENT. 

'89. 
Franklin  Bache. 

'90. 
James  Hartley  Merrick,  John  Hill  Brinton,  Jr., 

Frederick  Brooke  Neilson,  George  David  Rosengarten,  Jr., 

William  Oglesby  Griffith. 

'91. 
Frederick  Lennig,  James  Macintosh  Longstreth  Eckard, 

James  Starr,  James  DeWolf  Perry,  Jr. 

'92. 
Frank  Bernadou  Bower,  Wilmer  Worthington  Hoopes, 

Clifford  Lewis,  Jr.,  Charles  Trumbull  Lee, 

Adolph  George  Rosengarten,  William  Weaver  Lukens, 

William  Duane. 

'93- 
George  Thompson  Rowland,  John  Norman  Henry, 

Elliston  Perot  Bissell,  Thomas  Harrison  Montgomery, 

Jay  Cooke,  3d,  Dayton  Hobart  Miller, 

Ward  Brinton,  Henry  Bueth  Sims. 


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Phi  Kappa  Psi  Fraternity,  Iota  Chapter. 

Established  October  13th,  187S. 


FACULTY. 
Samuel  P.  Sadtler,  Ph.D., 
Edmund  J.  James,  Ph.D., 
Edgar  F.  Smith,  Ph.D., 
George  A.  Kcenig,  Ph.D., 
Felix  E.  Schelliug,  A.M. 

COLLEGE. 
'90. 
Francis  B.  Lee, 
Hugh  W.  Ogdeu, 
Josiah  H.  Penniman, 
Charles  G.  Peocock, 
J.  Gilbert  Stoddart, 
Frederick  S.  Nelson. 

'91. 
Oliver  B.  Finn, 
Charles  R.  Lee. 

'93- 
Frank  H.  Lee. 

MEDICAL. 
John  Marshall,  M.D., 
Samuel  Dixon,  M.D., 
Seneca  Egbert,  M.D. 


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Delta  Phi. 


OFFICERS. 
Consul,  Sumner  Sallade  Bowman. 
Proconsul,  Charles  Sturgis  Wood. 
Scriptor,  Robert  Anderson  Heberling. 
Tribune,  Thomas  Reynolds  Graham. 

MEMBERS. 
Robert  Scott  Ammerman, 
Charles  Lincoln  Brown, 
Sumner  Sallade  Bowman, 
vSamuel  Singer  Craig, 
Thomas  Reynolds  Graham, 
Alfred  Roland  Haig, 
Robert  Anderson  Heberling, 
Thomas  William  Jopson, 
Samuel  Horace  Myers, 
William  Howell  Powell, 
Samuel  Pennington  Rotan, 
John  Wesley  Simmons, 
John  Michael  Snyder, 
Elias  Henly  White, 
Charles  Sturgis  Wood. 


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Phi  Alpha  Sigma  Medical  Fraternity,  Beta  Chapter. 

Established  February  ist,  1890. 


Hobart  Amory  Hare,  M.D., 
Edward  Martin,  M.D., 
George  Edward  De  Schweinitz,  M.D., 
Arthur  Albert  Stevens,  M.D., 
Richard  Cooper  Norris,  M.D. 

'90. 
William  McDade  Carothers, 
John  Benson  Brimhall, 
Charles  Merkel  Niesley, 
John  Metcalf  Maury, 
Ernest  Albert  Bryant. 

'91. 
George  Fetterolf, 
John  Goodrich  Clark, 
George  Clymer  Stout, 
Howard  Mcllvain  Morton, 
Newell  Lowrie  Johnson , 
Hiram  Milliken  Hiller, 
Edward  Coleman  EHett, 
James  Hawley  Burtenshaw. 


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THE  YEAR. 


SENIOR  year  has  come  and  gone.  For  three  long  years  every 
student  looks  forward  to  Senior  year  with  nervous  impatience, 
and  when  that  Senior  year  comes,  how  time  flies — more 
particularly  in  the  second  term,  when  the  Professors  begin  to 
ask  the  students,  "  When  does  the  term  end  ?"  "  When  do  your  ex- 
aminations begin  ?  ' '  Suddenly  the  announcement  is  made  in  chapel 
that  the  '  'examinations  begin  on  Monday. ' '  Then  the  hurry-scurry ; 
everyone  anxious — the  honor  men  to  pass  with  distinction,  the 
others  simply  to  get  through.  How  far  off  that  strife  seemed  when 
we  returned  to  college  last  fall — so  far,  indeed,  that  we  took  things 
very  coolly.  We  noticed  that  the  genial,  manly  Prof.  O.  H.  Kendall 
had  gone;  his  place  had  been  filled  by  Professor  Fisher.  He  hardly 
had  a  chance  to  show  his  worth  before  he  collided  with  a  train,  with- 
out injury  to  the  said  train.  Of  course  football  held  our  attention 
for  some  time,  the  University  team  giving  us  cause  to  alternately 
shout  and  groan;  and  our  Class  team — what  an  unlucky  team  it 
was.  We  played  '93  first,  and  while  they  failed  to  score,  Brinton 
and  Boyereach  made  a  touch-down,  and  Freddie  Neilson  made  three, 
kicking  two  goals  from  them  made  our  score  24;  but  the  "Captain  ' ' 
had  his  knee  painfully  injured,  which  virtually  incapacitated  him. 


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Diggles,  who  played  superbly  against  '92,  sprained  his  ankle,  and 
with  him  and  Neilson  hobbling  painfully,  the  team  lost  heart,  and 
thus  the  game. 

Joe  Penniman  thought  he  could  sing  second  bass,  so  he  and 
Rosengarten,  of  '92,  agitated  the  formation  of  a  Glee  Club  that 
would  be  good  enough  for  Joe  to  sing  in.  After  much  persuasion 
they  succeeded  in  procuring  Captain  Neilson  as  leader,  and  carried 
their  scheme  to  a  successful  issue. 

"Time  galloped  withal,"  and  we  had  arrived  at  the  bowl- 
fight,  and  a  pretty  tame  one  it  was.  Ninety-two  won  it,  but  John 
Brinton  did  yeoman  service  in  the  nick  of  time.  Lew  Audenried,. 
Freddie  Neilson,  Joe  Mitcheson  and  Buck  Trotter  each  also  destroyed 
a  suit  of  clothes  apiece  in  the  interest  of  '92. 

The  Junior  Ball  was  the  next  event  of  interest.  It  was  very 
successful,  except  with  regard  to  supper.  The  Committee  had! 
evidently  under-calculated  the  appetites  of  their  guests. 

What  a  rollicking  time  we  had  in  the  southwest  corner-room 
in  the  265th  floor  of  the  Bullitt  Building  on  the  evening  of  February 
13th!  "Del"  Newlin,  Joe  Patterson  and  Billy  Trotter  were  all  sick 
and  unable  to  be  there;  nothing  else,  however,  marred  our  enjoy- 
ment. President  Brinton  was  compelled  to  be  absent,  and  Warrie 
Hale  took  his  place. 

Two  nights  later  the  new  Glee  Club  showed  a  large  audience 
at  Association  Hall  that  the  University  had  at  last  found  men 
whose  energy  and  conscientiousness  in  attending  rehearsals  enabled 
them  to  easily  equal  the  clubs  of  other  colleges.  The  Banjo  Club 
played  finely  that  night.  Both  clubs,  with  the  Orchestra,  had 
great  success  at  the  Washington's  Birthday  celebration,  and  at 
other  places. 

In  the  spring  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  lost  to  Swarth- 
more  on  the  track.  But  to  make  up  for  it  the  baseball  team  licked 
everything  that  came  its  way — Princeton  coming  its  way  among  the 
others.  The  students,  however,  gave  the  team  wretched  support, 
and  it  ran  heavily  in  debt;  and  had  it  not  been  for  the  great  liber- 
ality of  The  Mask  and  Wig,  the  team  would  have  gone  under. 

That  same  Mask  and  Wig — how  proud  the  University  should 

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be  of  it!  On  Friday  and  Saturday,  the  9th  and  10th  of  May,  that 
organization  gave  the  public  a  second  chance  to  see  what  a  really 
excellent  performance  college  men,  and  more  especially  University 
men,  can  give.  No  professional  show  could  have  run  with  more 
smoothness;  the  chorus  of  sixty  were  faultless  in  drill  and  move- 
ments, and  the  principals  simply  covered  themselves  and  their 
college  with  glory.  We  need  not  enter  into  details  of  the  perform- 
ance of  "  Ben  Franklin,"  it  is  so  fresh  in  the  memories  of  all;  we 
need  only  say  that  the  club  heartily  deserved  the  continuous 
applause  and  cheers  that  rang  out  in  the  beautiful  Broad  Street 
Theatre,  and  again  in  the  Opera  House  on  the  3d  of  June. 

The  success  of  our  Ivy  Ball  has  been  sufficiently  dwelt  upon 
elsewhere,  but  we  must  say  here  that  it  is  our  firm  opinion  that  it 
was  the  best  college  ball  ever  given. 

It  is  with  pleasure  that  we  note  the  interest  taken  by  the 
Faculty  in  the  college  organizations.  The  baseball  management 
gave  them  passes  to  all  games,  and  at  one  game  as  many  as  three 
Instructors  were  present.  Professor  McElroy  attended  the  Glee 
Club  concert  and  the  performance  of  ' '  Ben  Franklin. ' '  It  was  under- 
stood that  he  was  a  committee  appointed  by  the  Faculty  to  show 
their  keen  interest  in  all  their  students  undertake.  The  sooner  the 
Faculty  appreciates  the  value  to  the  University  of  her  under- 
graduate organizations  the  better  it  will  be  all  around.  Then  those 
who  have  labored  hard  and  well  for  their  Alma  Mater  will  be  treated 
with  more  courtesy  and  consideration  than  they  now  receive. 

And  now,  when  Ivy  day  and  Class  day  have  passed,  when  the 
symposium  and  its  effects  have  passed,  nothing  remains  of  college 
life  to  '90  save  Commencement.  Then  we  are  launched  forth  on  the 
world;  but  when  our  backs  are  turned  on  our  Alma  Mater,  let  us  not 
forget  to  cast  loving  glances  back  at  her  and  wish  and  do  her  well, 
and  let  our  Alma  Mater  not  forget  what  we  have  done  for  her. 


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A  CO-EDUCATIONAL  COLLOQUY. 

ADAPTED    FROM    '83'S    RECORD. 


REVISED  AND  ENLARGED  UP  TO  DATE. 


TIME:  1  p.m.;  scene,  Faculty  Room.  Long  table  in  the  middle 
of  the  room,  around  which,  at  mathematical  intervals,  are 
arranged  chairs,  each  containing  a  Professor.  Dean  Jayne 
arrives,  much  pressed  for  time  and  out  of  breath,  and  takes 
his  seat. 

The  Dean:  It  is  unnecessary  to  say,  gentlemen,  that  we  have 
come  here  for  the  purpose  of  voting  on  the  co-educational  question. 
I  am  opposed  to  it,  and  I'm  going  to  vote  "  no." 

Prop.  Kcenig:  Ach  !  Sunder!  Also,  ven  you  say  dot,  do  you 
mean  to  pud  dem  in  de  same  claz-roomz  ? 

Prof.  McElroy:  Well,  gentlemen — Prof.  Richards,  would 
you  mind  asking  Alfred  to  close  that  door  ?  There's  a  most  damn- 
able draught  blowing  on  my  back.  Well,  as  I  was  about  to  say — 
and,  for  that  matter,  I  suppose  I  might  just  as  well  say  it  now  as 
any  other  time,  although  I  can't  say  that  I've  ever  seen  it  stated 
that  way — as  I  was  about  to  say,  gentlemen,  I  think  it  would  be- 
yes,  most  undoubtedly — a  very  great  advantage  to — oh  !  pshaw. 
Well,  I  always  had  a  very  poor  memory  for  dates.  My  father's 
mother  used  to  say  .  .  .  Well,  I  declare  I  cannot  recall  it — oh, 
well — I — never  mind,  it'll  come  back  to  me  in  a  moment. 

Prof.  Kcenig:  Also  dot  I  don't  tink  you  had  much  to  say; 
also  dot  I  don't  care. 

Prof.  Barker:  S'very  curious  thing  th't  no  one's  said  'n'thing 
'bout  me.     I'm  th'  biggest  man  here  't  th'  Un'vers'ty,  'n'  my  rep'- 

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tation's   worth   more   than   I   c'n  'stimate.      Phooh  !     (Sounds  of 
sudden  opening  and  shutting  of  the  mouth.) 

Prof.  Jackson:  Young  gentlemen, the  question  of  intro- 
ducing co-education   merely  is — to  my  mind — entirely  uncalled  for. 

Personally,  I  am  thoroughly  opposed  to  it — in  every  way. I 

fail  to  see  how  we  can  make  the  two  things  com/w/ible — without 
running  the  greatest — risks. 

Prop.  Sadtler:  I  believe  in  letting  the  women  come  in. 
This  practice  was  known  a' ready  to  the  ancients,  and  met  with 
good  results.  But  I'll  have  to  ask  you  to  excuse  me,  as  I  have  a 
lecture  next  hour  with  the  Sophomores,  and  I've  run  out  of  tapers. 
(Exit  Sadtler.) 

Prof.  Easton  :  I  agrhree  in  great  part  with  Profethor  Sadtler, 
who  theemth  to  be  tho  converthant  with  the  thubject.  I  would 
like  to  thay,  however,  that  the  Chaldeeth  and  Hindooth  plathed 
women  on  a  much  lower  bathith  than  the  ancient  Partheeth. 

Prop.  Kcenig:  Vy,  of  course  dnot.  Also,  dot  I  tink  dis  is 
tamn  rot;  Ihaf  a  goot  notion  to  dclear  out  a  little  bit,  but  intent 
to  stay.  * 

Prof.  Goodspeed:  Well,  /  don't  see  why  they  shouldn't 
come  here.  They  ought  to  be  allowed  to  take  the  course  in  Mechan- 
ics here,  at  least,  because  it's  far  and  away  the  best  in  the  country. 
At  any  rate,  I'm  from  Harvard,  and  I  think  I'm  pretty  smart  for 
my  age  and  size.     That's  my  opinion! 

Prop.  Jackson:  Ba-a-a-a-!  hoook!  (Preparatory  to  speaking. 
— Schelling,  who  has  been  fidgeting  around  and  wrapping  his  legs 
into  knots  with  suppressed  nervousness  during  "Artie's"  speech, 
forgets  himself,  and  interrupts  Jackson.) 

Prop.  Scheming :  I  musth  confessth,  gentlemen  (with  pro- 
fuse bowing  and  smiles  of  apology) — if  Professthor  Goodsthpeed 
will  pardon  me  (more  bowing) — that  I  am  unable  to  agree  with  him 
on  the  sthubject.  Of  coursthe,  I  give  you  my  opinion  for  justh 
what  it  isth  worth,  but  I  assthure  you  I  am  not  alone  in  it.  In 
fact,  gentlemen,  I  do  not  think  I  can  do  better  than  quote  to  you 
thisth  passthage  from  Sthaintsthbury  (quotes  largely),  which  makes 
my  posisthion  perfectly  clear. 

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Prof.  Thompson  (full  organ,  with  "tremolo"  and  brogue 
stops.  Swell):  Boot  Ay  think  it's  not  right  for  us  to  kape  the 
wimmen  out.  We're  bound  to  give  them  Protection  as  well  as  the 
men,  which  reminds  me  of  the  Oirish.  Gentlemen,  the  Oirish 
Protestants  are  a  poor,  downdthrodden,  strhicken  race,  and  there's 
no  payple  on  the  face  of  the  globe  that's  warse  tray  ted.     Boot  Ay 

tell  you,  gentlemen,  before  this  century's  out 

(Signs  of  great  restlessness  on  the  part  of  the  other 


members;  Jackson  is  overheard  whispering  to  McElroy:  "There 
he  is  !     He's  off  again  !  "     Lamberton  runs  his  fingers  through  his 

hair,  and  breaks  in  with) 

Prof.  Lamberton  :  No,  no,  no,  no,  no,  no,  NO!  (this  series  is 
arranged  on  a  chromatic  scale,  beginning  at  C  above  the  staff  and 
dropping  to  middle  C  at  the  close,  the  sound  rushing  swiftly 
through  the  nose).  Many  years  ago — (these  blanks  are  filled  up 
with  facial  contortions) — I  had  the  pleasure — of  meeting  Dr.  Enger 

.     We  had  quite  a  lengthy  discussion  on  the  subject, 

and  both  I  and  Enger  (who  agreed  with  me)  came  to  pre- 


cisely the  conclusion that  co-education — is — undesirable. 

Prof.  Seidknstickfr:  Humph Veil!    eef  dey  allow 

weemen  here — Humph!  ee  shall  be  gompelled  to  geef  dem  all 
minus  one!  Dey  can  nefer  master  de  eentreecacies  of  Deutch. 
Humph!     Veil!! 

Prof.  McElroy:  Ha!  ha!  ha!  (this  rather  nervously).  You 
seem  to  me  to  have  hit  the  nail  on  the  head,  Professor  Seiden- 
sticker.  Ha!  ha!  ha!  Oh!  dear  me!  Well,  as  I  was  on  the  point 
of  saying — I  think  we  ought  to  consider  the — oh !  what  is  the  word 
I  want? — substance? — no,  that's  not  it — matter,  matter's  the  word 
I  want.  Gentlemen,  my  memory  is  so  poor  I  can  scarcely  trust  my- 
self. Why,  the  other  day  I  actually  forgot  my  son  Clayton's  birth- 
day!    Ha!  ha!  ha!— Yes— Ha!  ha!  ha! 

Prof.  FuLiyFRTON:  Oh,  see  here!  You  fellows  are  all  off  the 
track;  you're  confounding  the  two  senses  of  the  word.  Anybody 
can  argue  that  way.  Stick  to  your  point.  We  can't  talk  about  the 
Irish  question  and  co-education  at  the  same  time.  It  reminds  me 
of  the  story  of  one  of  the  old  philosophers — Epictetus,  I  think  it 

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was — who  was  a  slave.  His  master  began  to  beat  him  and  twist 
his  leg  to  make  him  do  something  he  wanted  him  to.  Epictetns 
said,  "  If  you  do  that  you'll  break  my  leg,  and  then  I  won't  be  of 
any  use  to  you."  He  didn't  stop,  and  finally  the  philosopher's  leg 
snapped;  whereupon  he  remarked,  "There,  I  told  you  it  would  !" 
At  this  juncture  a  note  is  brought  in  by  Pomp  and  handed  to 
the  Dean. 

The  Dean  reads  aloud: 

1811  Spruce  st. 
My  Dear  Jayne: 

We  must  do  something  to  boom  the  Univer- 
sity, and  to  keep  it  in  the  newspapers.  As  I  have  not  been  inter- 
viewed by  a  reporter  for  at  least  an  hour  and  a  half,  I  would 
suggest  that  you  direct  the  Faculty  to  vote  in  favor  of  co-education 
at  your  meeting  to-day,  by  a  large  majority,  say  19  to  2,  or  some- 
thing of  the  sort,  so  as  to  create  a  sensation.  Then  have  the  news 
sent  direct  to  the  Associated  Press.  I  have  everything  arranged 
after  that.     Give  my  orders  to  the  Faculty  without  comment. 

Yours  in  haste, 

William,  Imperator  et  Rex. 

A  reverent  hush  falls  upon  the  meeting  while  the  ballot  is 
taken,  which  results  in  a  verdict  according  to  the  charge,  the  Goat 
and  the  Silver  Fox  filing  a  minority  report  out  of  twenty-one  votes 
cast.  The  Irish  Champion  voted  six  times — once  for  co-education 
and  five  times  for  Protection  and  Home  Rule.  Barker  voted  for 
himself  and  S'  William,  while  Schelling's  vote  is  scattered  between 
1 '  my  friend  Gosse ' '  and  Saintsbury. 

Shortly  after  this  the  ancient  and  honorable  Board  of  Trustees 
assembles,  and  proceeds  to  sit  quietly,  but  firmly,  on  the  proposi- 
tion to  establish  a  system  of  co-education.  At  this  juncture  the 
great  Kaiser  produces  his  little  Deus  ex  machina,  in  the  shape  of  a 
woman's  annex,  which  is  followed  by  prolonged  rejoicings  on  the 
part  of  the  students,  and  a  two  weeks'  spree  on  the  part  of  "  Pomp  " 
and  "  Otto  "—and  the  University  is— SAVED  ! 

.SIC    SEMPER   TYRANNIS. 

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THE  BRUTES,  THE  DOCTOR  AND  THE 
FACULTY. 


T 


Canto  I. 


WAS  many,  many  months  ago, 
And  in  Novemberee, 
When  Dr.  Leuf  reported  us 
Unto  the  Facultee. 


Canto  II. 
Said  Leuf  unto  the  Facultee: 
1 1  saw  but  yesterday 
The  '  brutes  '  a-playing  '93 
In  a  disgraceful  way; 
For  Brinton  did  up  Fisher, 
And  hit  him  in  the  eye, 
And  Strader  knocked  down  Patterson, 
And  Diggles  made  Spaeth  cry; 
And  Crawford  had  to  leave,  because 
His  toe  was  trod  upon, 
And  Willson  got  quite  indisposed, 
For  rude  boys  threw  him  down. 
The  only  man,"  continued  Leuf, 
'  Of  all  the  men  who  are 
On  '90's  team,  who  played  a  de — 
Cent,  polished  game  was  Farr. 
For  Neilson  really  kicked  the  ball 
So  viciously,  they  say, 
It  hit  some  Freshmen  on  the  head, 
'Ere  they  could  get  away. 
It  was  a  most  repulsive  sight; 
But  I  disgusted  am, 
Because  I  lost  a  quarter  bright, 
Which  I  had  bet  with  Sam." 


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Canto  III. 

The  Facultee  are  rather  pleased. 

This  slugging  work  soon  takes 

A  hold  on  Thompson's  Celtic  blood, 

He  thinks  of  Irish  "wakes;" 

And  Koenig  thinks  of  German  duels, 

The  Dean  of  carving  cats, 

And  McElroy  of  hacking  words, 

Some  few  of  having  "rats;" 

But  Easton  thinks  of  all  the  dirt 

And  mud  the  players  get; 

And  Jackson  thinks  of  butting  heads 

Whene'er  the  charges  met; 

And  Barker  thinks  of  work  and  force, 

And  how  the  sirens  buzz, 

While  Artie  Goodspeed  thinks,  of  course, 

The  same  way  Barker  does. 

So  all  looked  fiercely  round  at  Leuf, 

And  said,  "  Young  man,  beware; 

You'll  get  yourself  in  trouble  if 

You  don't  take  extra  care." 

Canto  IV. 

Then  Leuf  implored  the  Facultee: 

Don't  censure  me  at  all; 

I've  worked  so  hard  for  you  upon 

The  campus  playing  ball; 

And  strove  to  keep  for  many  years 

A  closed  Gymnasium, 

So  none  the  apparatus  could 

Destroy;  but  has  it  come 

To  this  ?  "     He  sank  into  a  chair; 

The  Facultee  grew  still, 

Then  cried  at  once,  ' '  Dear  Dr.  Leuf, 

Stay  with  us  all,  until 

The  wished  millennium  comes  along, 

And  then  perhaps  we  may 

Procure  some  one  who  will  do  more 

Than  draw  his  weekly  pay. ' ' 


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Canto  V. 
'Twas  many,  many  years  ago, 
And  in  Novemberee, 
When  all  that's  just  been  told  occurred 
Within  the  Facultee. 

JUBILATE. 

Give  thanks  from  morn  till  dark, 

And  then  till  dark  gets  darker; 
Go  raise  the  flag  and  ring  the  bells, 

For  now  we're  through  with  Barker. 

Since  we  have  all  pulled  through, 

And  work  with  him  is  done, 
Let's  all  kneel  down  with  grateful  heart, 

And  pray  for  Ninety-one. 

JINGLES. 

There  was  a  young  fellow  called  Jayne, 
Who  ten  years  ago  used  to  raise  Cain; 

But  now  that  he's  Dean 

He  is  no  longer  green, 
Which  some  of  us  know  to  our  pain. 

A  spindle-shanked  fellow  named  "  Felix," 
Used  to  coil  his  legs  into  a  helix; 

By  a  piece  of  hard  luck 

One  day  he  got  stuck, 
And  was  never  more  heard  of,  this  Felix. 

There  was  an  old  codger  named  Patten, 

Whom  the  Wharton  School  men  tried  to  flatten; 

But  Patten  was  old, 

And  the  weather  was  cold, 
And  they  failed  to  convince  Mr.  Patten. 

'  Quack,  quack,  quack,  quack,  quack,  quack,   quack,  quack, 
I  am  clothed  in  a  habit  of  black; 

My  memory's  short, 

But  talking's  my  forte — 
Have  you  guessed  my  name  yet? — It  is  MAC!" 

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Johnny  Jones  and  his  Sister  Sue. 


190 


A  TALE  OF  WOE. 


I.     A  curious  Freak  in  a  Physic's  room  grew — 
Listen  to  my  tale  of  woe — 
A  curious  Freak  of  dough-colored  hue, 
Whose  hair  was  tawny,  and  his  whiskers,  too. 
It  grew, 
It  grew. 

Listen  to  my  tale  of  woe. 

II.  One  day  some  trouble  began  to  brew — 

Listen  to  my  tale  of  woe — 
And  the  curious  Freak  got  into  a  stew, 
Since  Sypher  {he  thought)  behaved  too  "new." 
Listen  to  my  tale  of  woe. 
Hard  trials  for  these  two — 

G.  F.  B.  and  "Artie,"  too— 
And  old  "  Syph,"  who  was  too  new. 

Phooh  !  Phooh  !  !     Phooh  !  !  !     Phooh  !  !  !  ! 
Listen  to  my  tale  of  woe. 

III.  This  little  affair  raised  a  hullabaloo — 

Listen  to  my  tale  of  woe — 
And  the  men  were  mad,  you  can  bet  your  shoe, 
Since  it  as  an  insult,  they  did  construe 
When  the  curious  Freak  gave  "Syph  "  the  " razoo.' 
Listen  to  my  tale  of  woe. 
Breakers  ahead  !     For  them,  too  ! 

G.  F.  B.  and  "Artie,"  too, 
Because  the  class,  with  gloomy  hue, 
Threatened  G.  F.  B.  to  "do." 
Listen  to  my  tale  of  woe. 

IV.  An  enraged  committee  to  the  Physic's  room  flew — 

Listen  to  my  tale  of  woe — 
Determined  the  Freak  to  interview, 
And  make  him  swallow  his  spleen  with  rue- 
Ful  face,  -ful  face. 

Listen  to  my  tale  of  woe. 


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Hard  trials  for  these  two  ! 

G.  F.  B.  and  ''Artie,"  too." 
For  the  class  of  sinister  hue 

Scored  a  Victori— o — re  ! 
Listen  to  my  tale  of  woe. 


V.     But  what  of  the  Freak  of  dough-colored  hue  ?- 
Listen  to  my  tale  of  woe — 
Whose  hair  was  tawny  and  his  whiskers,  too  ; 
And  his  assistant,  "Artie"  Goo- 
dspeed,  Goo-dspeed,  Goo- 
dspeed.     Listen  to  my  tale  of  woe. 
Their  souls  to  Beelzebub  shortly  flew, 
And  there  in  torments  hot  did  stew, 
Until  for  mercy  they  did  sue. 
Boo — hoo  ! 
Boo — hoo  ! 
Alas  !    Too  true  !  ! 
G.  F.  B.  and  "Artie"  Goo- 
Reflect  upon  my  tale  of  woe. 


The  Coeducational  "  She." 


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THE  WHART-ON  SCHOOL  PRIMER. 


OH,  what  is  this  nice  big  room  with  the  thick  red  door  and  the 
dus-ty  old  books  ? 
This,  little  boys  and  girls,  is  the  place  which  the  Col-lege 
Fac-ul-ty  call  the  Whart-on  School  ! 

Why  do  they  call  it  that  ? 

Because  they  think  that  it  is  a  Whart-on  the  Col-lege  De-part- 
ment. 

Do  they  let  peo-ple  go  in-to  the  room  ? 

Oh,  yes;  but  some  of  them  do  not  come  out  a-gain. 

When  you  go  in  what  do  you  see  ? 

The  real-ly  smart  part  of  the  Class  of  '90,  although  it  is  quite  a 
mis-cel-lan-eous  ass-ort-ment.  There  is  Wil-lie  Trot-ter,  who  can 
trot  down  to  the  Ass-em-bly  Room  and  back  a-gain  dur-ing  one  of 
Mac's  hours;  and  Dick-y  Stoyle,  who  (s)toyles  not,  nigh-\her  does  he 
spin;  not  to  men-tion  I^ew-y  Au-ten-to-Read,  the  blonde  ath-lete  and 
he-ro  of  ma-ny  a  "  scrap  "  for  Penn's  hon-or.  There  is  little  Man- 
zy  Kush-ida  from  Ire-land,  the  Jap-an-ese  wrest-ler;  and  Charley 
Peo-cock,  the  an-om-aly,  be-ing  a  good  boy  from  the  naughty  town 
of  Read-ing.  Ber-tie  Stod-dart,  who  will  soon  wear  a  pair  of  nice 
new  wings  as  a  can-di-date  for  the  Eth-ical  Cul-ture  So-ciety; 
Frankie  Lee,  who  writes  bad  po-ems,  and  who  thinks  pret-ty  girls 
and  din-ners  are  cor-rect;  and  Hol-dy  Scherm-mer-horn,  art-ist  and 
com-po-ser  of  the  tear-pro-vok-ing  song,  ' '  Unc-le's  Brown  New  Eng- 
land Pants,"  are  all  there-some-times.  Then  there  is  thequon-dam 
mem-ber,  Ee-o  Rowe,  who  now  stud-ies  Dutch  in  Par-is.  Quon-dam, 
chil-dren,  means  "since-ly,"  and  is  not  the  same  word  that  pa-pa 
says  when  he  shuts  a  win-dow  on  his  fing-er.  Yes,  it  sounds  much 
like  it,  though. 

But  what  do  all  of  these  dear  lit-tle  boys  do  ? 

They  sit  still  and  think  they  are  think-ing  while  wait-ing  for 
the  Fac-ul-ty.  Like  Cal-phur-nia,  the  Fac-ul-ty  is  be-yond  sus- 
picion. 

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There  go  the  Whart-on  School  boys  to  a  lec-ture  !  See  their 
bright  fae-es,  which  are  quite  mis-lead-ing.  There  is  Pro-fes-sor 
Pat-ten.  He  and  the  boys  are  go-ing  to  have  a  qui-et  lit-tle  Mill 
with  the  Po-lit-i-cal  E-con-omy.  These  are  Greek  words,  children; 
do  not  monkey  with  them. 

Then  they  go  to  Doc-tor  Falk-ner,  who  tells  them  pleas-ant-ly 
that  since  they  all  are  here  he  will  op-en  with  a  full  house; 
where-up-on  Man-zy  asks  if  Jack  Pott  is  tak-ing  a  spec-ial  course. 

Oh,  un-quest-ion-ab-ly  ! 

(My,  what  a  long  word  !) 

Ah  !  There  is  Pro-fes-sor  James.  He  wears  a  bright  smile, 
and  seems  to  an-tic-i-pate  some-thing.  The  Class  al-so  an-tic-i-pate 
some-thing,  but  with-out  the  smile.  Wil-lie  re-cites  the  Con-sti-tu- 
tion  of  the  Na-tion,  Ar-ti-cle  I,  Sec-tion  2,  Par-a-graph  3,  word-ing  it 
as  fol-lows:  "  The  Pres-i-dent  shall  have  power  to  fill  Awva-can-cy, 
dur-ing  the  dis-tress  of  the  Sen-ate,  who  shall  ex-pire  at  the  end  of 
their  next  ses-sion."  Then  Wil-lie  waits,  and  the  Pro-fes-sor  says, 
' '  Any-thing  else  ?  ' '  Such  a  meth-od  as  this  is  ex-haust-ive,  and 
the  Class  thinks  so,  too.  When  he  is  through,  you  could  not  ex-tract 
an-y  more  in-for-ma-tion,  ev-en  if  you  us-ed  a  suction  pump. 
Pro-fes-sor  Thomp-son  loves  his  lit-tle  boys ,  and  likes  to  lis-ten  to 
their  in-no-cent  prat-tle  and  those  bright  and  or-ig-inal  es-says  out 
of  the  En-cy-clo-paedia.  He  is  right  on  to  them,  as  naught-y  men 
say,  and  to  see  him  sit  on  a  Whart-on  stu-dent  is  a  sight  un-e- 
qualled  in  Penn-syl-van-ia. 

Now  they  troop  to  their  les-son  in  His-tory. 

When  they  see  the  ex-am-ina-tion  that  Pro-fes-sor  McMas-ter 
has  pre-pa-red  for  them,  they  will  wish  they  had  troop-ed  the  oth-er 
way.  The  Pro-fes-sor  says  :  "  Gen-tle-men,  you  will  please  make 
a  map  of  the  Un-i-verse  and  a  syn-op-sis  of  the  Sol-ar  System,  ad- 
ding in-ci-dent-al-ly  a  sketch  on  Con-sti-tu-tion-al  De-vel-op-ment, 
with  for-ty  pag-es  of  the  Tar-iff  laws.  Get  this  up  in  good  shape 
and  hand  it  in  by  twen-ty  min-utes." 

One  of  the  lit-tle  boys  says  a  bad  word,  which  makes  the  place 
smell  like  H2S.     Then  the  Class,  like  the  Do-do,  be-come  ex-tinct. 


A  CLASS  MEETING. 


5CENE:  Chemical  lecture  room.  Brinton  and  Kushida  behind 
the  counter,  "Del"  Newlin  on  it,  and  the  rest  in  front. 
Select  catches  are  sung  by  the  Glee  Club  members,  while 
the  others  writhe  under  the  torture. 

Brinton:  "  Gentlemen,  come  to  order!  Walters,  take  off  your 
hat!  Get  down  off  that  counter,  Del,  or  I'll  fire  you!  Warrie,  can't 
you  stop  monkeying  for  five  minutes  and  listen  ? ' ' 

Kushida:  "There's  no  quorum!  " — (with  a  gleeful  smile). 

Brinton:  "Then  I  appoint  Boyer  and  myself  to  rake  the 
building  and  get  one;" 

The  committee  retire;  Kitten  Patterson  steals  chalk  and  turns 
on  the  exhausts.  Farr  playfully  slings  the  back  of  a  chair  at 
Coulston,  which  misses  him  and  crashes  into  the  window  of  Spang- 
ler's  study.  The  men  peep  through  and  see  "  Lunkhead  "  Peterson 
on  his  knees,  giving  thanks  for  his  deliverance  from  deadly  peril. 
Brinton  and  Boyer  return,  dragging  in  Miller,  who  is  counted  as 
three,  and  the  meeting  proceeds. 

Brinton  :  ' '  The  first  thing  in  order  is  the  reading  of  the 
minutes."  Loud  yells  from  all  parts  of  the  room,  "  I  move  we  dis- 
pense with  the  minutes.     Zing!  Zing!!  Zingarara!!!  Z-z-zing! " 

Brinton:  "Fellows,  won't  you  be  quiet?  The  next  thing  is 
the  question  of  holding  a  symposium.  Now,  I'm  opposed  to  any 
such  tea-and-toast-good-boy-and-his-teacher  arrangement  as  '89 
held  last  year.     /  think ' ' 

Neilson  (sarcastically) :  "  Is  there  a  motion  before  the  meet- 
ing?" ' 

Brinton  (crushed):   "  Will  some  one  make  a  motion  ?  " 

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Merrick  :  "  As  official  motion-maker,  I  move  we  hold  a  sym- 
posium, and  that  the  menu  consist  of  pretzels,  beer  and  cut  plug 
(cheers).  I  don't  want  to  discuss  the  question  (loud  cheers). 
I  think  before  we  part  we  all  want  to  have  one  more  grand — er — 
one  of  those  good,  quiet  evenings." 

Stevens  (pensively):  "A  nice,  good,  quiet  evening." 

Merrick:  "The  fellows  can  bring  their  pipes,  and  some  of 
them  can  sing."  ("  Annie  Laurie  "  is  mentioned,  and  Hartley  sits 
down  hastily.) 

Burk  :  ' '  Dearly  beloved — I  mean  Mr.  President,  this  is  dis- 
graceful! The  very  idea!  Seniors,  have  you  no  regard  for  your 
dignity  (groans).  I  see  ten  prospective  fathers  of  the  church 
sitting  with  those  who  will  vote  for  this  symposium  (cheers).  I 
wish  I  had  an  hour  to  talk  with  you.  I  would  give  you  a  history 
of  the  University  since  1758  (groans  and  cries  of  "  Put  him  out "). 
I — I  would " 

Brinton:  "  Mr.  Burk,  cut  it  short." 

Gamon:  "Mr.  President,  I  move  to  strike  out  the  word  beer 
and  substitute  ice-water. ' ' 

Feustmann:  "  Mr.  President,  I  move  to  strike  out  the  word 
ice- water  and  substitute  circus  lemonade." 

Stevens:  "  Mr.  President,  I  move  to  substitute  cigarettes  foi 
cut  plug." 

Ogden:  "Mr.  President,  I  move  to  strike  out  pretzels  and 
insert  the  word  pie. ' ' 

Brinton:  "Gentlemen,  I  rule  you  all  out  of  order"  (general 
outcry). 

Burk:  "  Mr.  President,  you're  out  of  order"  (shouting). 

Brinton:  "Mr.  Burk,  I  am  not  out  of  order.  Will  you  sit 
down,  or  shall  I  put  you  down  ?  " 

Burk  :  "  I  rise  to  a  point  of  order — I  appeal — I ' ' 

Brinton  (obdurate):  "  I'll  lump  the  amendments  and  put  the 
question."  (Wild  confusion,  during  which  Brinton  endeavors  to 
discover  how  he  has  violated  parliamentary  law.  The  amenders 
wrangle  with  each  other,  and  act  as  animated  targets  for  volleys 
of  chalk.) 

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Brinton  :  "  All  in  favor  of  beer,  please  rise  !  "  (forty  get  up, 
"  Del  "  Newlin  standing  on  a  chair).  "  All  opposed  "  (eight  rise). 
"The  amendments  are  lost.  Has  anyone  got  anything  more  to 
say  ? ' ' 

Boyer :  "Yes,  Mr.  President;  I  have  a  great  deal  to  say.  I 
consider  it  my  duty  to  kick.  I  always  have  kicked,  and  I  always 
will  kick.  I  move  that  the  question  be  laid  on  the  table,  and  that 
the  sum  of  ten  dollars  be  appropriated  to  pay  the  baseball  nine's 
doctor's  bill." 

Mitcheson  :  "I  wan't  to  say  a  word  about  track   athletics. 

The  Class  owes  Frank  Dole  fifty  dollars.     I  move ."     (Loud 

shouts  of  " Dole!     We  never  saw   Dole   do  anything! 

Pay  him  yourself!  ") 

Brinton  (reflectively):  "  Gentlemen,  this  seems  to  me  to  be 
out  of  order.     The  question  is " 

IyEK  :  "  Never  mind  the  question,  Mr.  President.  What  we 
want  to  know  is,  whether  we  are  going  to  invite  the  whole 
College.  I  don't  want  to  make  an  exhibition  of  myself  before  the 
children.  I  confess  my  weakness  (chorus,  "We  all  know  it"). 
"  The  very  thought  staggers  me  "  (shouts  of  "  You've  been  down 
the  street  !  "    "  Take  another  with  me,  old  chap  !  "  etc.,  etc.). 

IvEE  (scornfully) :  ' '  Will  the  gentleman  who  made  that  state- 
ment step  into  the  hall  ?  I  will  take  great  pleasure  in  dancing  the 
Wharton  School  Clog  on  his  shirt  front.     (No  one  steps  out.) 

Truitt  :  "If  Mr.  Iyee  is  through,  I  would  like  to  express  my 
horror  at  the  idea  of  perverting  the  youth  of  this  institution  ;  as 
Horace  says " 

Newlin  :  "  Yes,  yes.  There  wouldn't  be  nearly  enough  stuff 
to  go  around." 

Coueston  :  "Why  not  have  each  man  bring  a  lady  friend?" 
(Loud  cheers  from  the  back  benches,  and  hisses  from  the  front. 
Jeers,  taunts  and  shrieks  of  "  Chippy  hunter!  "  "Jay  bird!"  etc.) 

Audenried:  "  Gentlemen,  I  have  a  proposition  to  make  that  I 
hope  will  meet  with  universal  favor,  as  it  is  the  intention  of  the 
Wharton  School  to  carry  it  through.  There  is  a  Professor  here, 
a  native  of  Erin,  whose  presence  would  adorn  the  festivities.     I 

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move  that  Prof.  Thompson  be  invited  to  give  the  blessing." 
(Howls,  groans,  cheers,  hisses,  chalk  slinging  and  general  disorder. 
Merrick  swears,  and  Mitchie  objects.  Gummey  and  Calves  are  seen 
gesticulating.) 

Gummey:  "  Mr.  President,  as  a  member  of  the  Church  Club,  I 
protest." 

Calves  :  "  Mr.  President,  as  a  member  of  Hale's  Poker 
Social,  /protest." 

Merrick:  "I  flatly  refuse  to  accept  that  amendment,  Mr. 
President.     I  fling  defiance  in  Mr.  Audenried's  face,  Mr.  President." 

Brinton:  "All  in  favor  of  the  amendment  rise."  (The 
Wharton  School  rises  in  a  body.)  <lAll  opposed."  (The  rest  of 
the  Class  rises.)     "  The  motion  is  lost." 

Audenried:  "Then,  Mr.  President,  I  will  have  nothing  to  do 
with  your  symposium.  I  consider  the  action  of  the  Class  con- 
temptible. It  is  mean  and  disgraceful.  'Buck,'  I  scorn  you;  I 
spurn  3'ou  from  me."  (Trotter  begins  to  weep,  and  Stoyle  leads 
Audenried  aside  and  endeavors  to  soothe  him.  Several  men  leave 
the  room.) 

Rosengarten:  "  Let's  do  as  Hartley  tells  us.     /  always  do." 

Brinton:  "All  in  favor  rise.  Those  opposed.  The  motion  is 
carried."     (Deafening  applause.) 

Burk:  "  There  is  no  quorum  present,  Mr.  President."  (No  one 
listens  to  him.  There  is  a  stampede  for  the  door,  men  vaulting 
over  the  counter  and  knocking  down  chairs.) 

Brinton:  "Hold  on  there!  Stop!  We're  not  through  yet; 
come  back  !  " 

Kushida  :     "I  guess  we'll  have  to  adjourn." 

Brinton:    "  A  motion  to  adjourn  is  in  order." 

Kushida:  "  I  move  we  adjourn!  "  (To  Frank  Lee) — "Second 
my  motion."  L,ee,  who  has  been  copying  out  three  reports  of 
the  meeting,  one  for  the  Pennsylvanian,  one  for  the  Trenton  Way- 
back,  and  one  for  the  Camden  Daily  Hayseed \  seconds  the  motion, 
and  the  three  march  out,  leaving  Brinton  alone  and  stuttering 
with  rage. 

Curtain. 

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THE  GRAGARY  B.  K.  CLUB. 


"  The  Assyrian  came  down  like  the  wolf  on  the  fold, 
His  cohorts  all  gleaming  with  purple  and  gold." 

OFFICIAL  AND  AUTHORIZED  LIST  OF  MEMBERS,  TITLES,  ETC. 

J.  H.  Penniman,     Massivorum  Rex.  High  Chief  Justice  Guardian  of  the 

Woolly  Dog. 
R.  B.  Burke,  Massivorum    Princeps.   Grand  Importer  of   Official 

Snags. 
H.  W.  Ogden,  Grand  Rector  of  Imperial  Titles. 

W.  H.  Burk,  Grand  Mormon,  Possessor  of  Many  Wives. 

J.  W.  Diggles,  High  Chancellor,  Custodian  of  the  Crib. 

G.  H.  Dennison,     Premiere  Danseuse,  Leader  of  the  Ballet. 
W.  H.  Lloyd,  Jr.,    Grand  Emendator  of  Princetonian  Absurdities. 
H.R.GummeyJr.,  Grand  Leader  of  the  Divertissement. 
H.  A.  Walton,         Heavy  Hitter  of  the  Bottle. 
R.  I.  Gamon,  Worthy  Pabulum  for  the  Woolly  Dog. 

R.  R.  Truitt,  Faithful  Disciple  of  Enger. 

G.  W.  Babcock,       Grand  Patriarch  and  Chaplain  to  their  Majesties. 

In  this  Society,  candidates  for  the  First  Degree  are  required  to 
wrestle  with,  conquer,  and  partake  of 

[  McElroy— Air  (gas). 
The  four  mysterious  primi-  J  Seidensticker — Water  (beer), 
tive  elements:  ]  Sadtler — Fire  (lighted  taper). 

[  Eas ton— Earth  (dirt). 

The  successful  ones  are  presented  their  degree  by  the  Sublime 
First  Firer,  Founder,  Institutor  and  Presenter  of  the  "First  (Gra- 
gary)  Degree." — Gragary  B.  K. 


The  Second  Degree  candidates  are  required  to  master,  harness 
and  ride  the  following  Howling  Fiends  and  Demons  of  the  deepest 
dye: 

(i)  Woolly  Dog.  This  hideous  beast  has  three  heads  and  one 
idea,  viz.,  self;  it  dwells  in  the  land  of  flame  and  smoke. 

(2)  Goat.  This  animal  has  never  been  photographed  or  ex- 
amined on  account  of  the  rank  "  hircum." 

(3)  Sea  Cow.  This  horrible  monster  lives  "Farr,  Farr " 
away  in  a  remote  corner  of  Hell,  and  feeds  on  particles  of  ground 
glass. 

(4)  Giraffe?  This  lengthy  demon  is  yet  in  a  state  of  transi- 
tion, and  with  its  feet  in  Hell  (basement)  browses  upon  the  Moon's 
whiskers,  i.e.,  Ward,  Saintsbury. 

These  curious  animals  will  be  assisted  in  their  endeavors  by 
the  following  base,  ignoble  Spawn  :  Monty,  Shummy,  Rummy. 

Passing  through  this  awful  ordeal,  the  Mysterious  and  Awful 
"  Yelmit,"  Queen  of  the  (Library)  Storms,  Gragarian  Coadjutor  and 
Sub-Firer  will  present  the  Second  (Yelmit)  Degree. 

In  addition  to  these  Degrees  the  Faculty  has  kindly  offered  the 

Degree  of  D.   G.   R.   (D Good  Rider)   to  the  member  of  the 

Gragary  B.  K.  Club  who  will  successfully  ride  Pomp's  breath. 


EXTRACT  FROM  THE  PIOUS  PRIG. 

The  Official  Journal  of  '89. 


"U/E 


E  are  inexpressibly  shocked  and  grieved  to  hear  that 
a  number  of  vicious  '90  men  (in  the  Science  sections, 
we  believe)  have  been  heard  to  use  unhallowed  lan- 
guage in  speaking  of  their  kind  instructors.  We 
weep  to  think  that  the  peaceful  rooms,  which  for  the  past  year 
have  re-echoed  only  to  our  hymns  and  spiritual  devotions,  should 
be  denied  by  the  profane  wickedness  of  malicious  fault-finders. 
They  have  actually  murmured  against  Mr.  Kidwell,  who  is  as 
considerate  as  he  is  sweet-tempered.  Why  do  they  dislike  long 
lessons  when  they  are  given  for  their  own  good?  If  one  goes 
insane,  will  he  not  be  lodged  at  the  State's  expense  ?  How  wrong 
it  is  to  carp  at  Mr.  Keller's  strong  language.  We.  have  heard 
perfectly  innocent  parrots  use  the  same  words.  His  chemical 
performances,  though  uninteresting,  are  at  least  harmless,  while 
there  is  always  a  chance  of  his  drinking  some  acid. 

' '  Our  blood  boils  when  we  think  of  the  slights  put  upon  dear 
Mr.  Peterson  because  he  prepared  for  his  present  position  by  per- 
forming the  humble  duties  of  a  district  messenger  boy.  It  is  but 
natural  for  him  to  spurn  the  odious  name  '  Lunkhead.'  Charity 
bids  us  overlook  his  defects;  and  if  he  is  slow,  remember  it  is  due 
to  his  previous  employment.  But  the  most  unjust  complaints  are 
those  against  Mr.  Spangler,  who,  having  served  for  years  as  stew- 
ard on  a  coasting  schooner,  has  a  complete  and  practical  knowl- 
edge of  stoves,  spigots,  grid-irons,  and  all  cooking  utensils. 
These  grumblers  who  object  to  being  conditioned,  kicked  up 
defective  flues,  or  flung  into  the  coal-box,  should  make  allow- 
ance for  the  pleasantries  of  a  bluff  sailor.  If  the  degraded  sinners 
in  '90  wish  to  escape  eternal  combustion  let  them  follow  our 
saintly  example.  When  an  instructor  patronizes  and  overworks 
you,|meekly  submit;  if  you  know  of  an  old  custom,  avoid  the 
unholy  thing  as  the  temptation  of  Satan;  if  a  professor's  shoes 
are  dusty,  polish  them  with  your  tongue,  and  you  will  be  like  us." 

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THE  SOCIETY  OF  THE  ALUMNI. 


THE  Alumni  Society  of  the  College  Department  is  composed  of  (i) 
Graduates  of  any  of  the  full  College  courses,  Arts,  Science,  Fi- 
nance and  Economy,  or  Natural  History  ;  (2)  Matriculates  of  the 
College  who  have  not  graduated,  but  who  have  been  elected  to 
associate  membership  by  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Society, 
after  due  nomination  at  a  previous  meeting. 

The  aim  of  the  Society  is  to  sustain  and  advance  the  interests  of  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  and  to  cherish  feelings  of  brotherhood  and 
amity  among  its  graduates. 

The  Annual  Meeting  is  held  on  the  evening  of  Commencement  Day, 
and  is  followed  by  the  Annual  Collation,  at  which  the  Provost  and  other 
speakers  address  the  Alumni  on  the  events  of  the  closing  year. 

Graduates  become  members  on  payment  to  the  Treasurer  of  two  dol- 
lars, the  initiation  fee  and  dues  for  the  first  year.  The  annual  dues  after 
the  first  year  are  two  dollars.  Members  of  more  than  five  years'  standing 
may  become  Life  members  on  the  payment  of  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars  ; 
other  members  on  the  payment  of  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars. 

BOARD  OF  OFFICERS,  i88o-'9o. 

President:  John  B.  Gest. 

Vice-Presidents:  Rev.  J.  W.  Robins, 
William  S.  Blight, 
Alfred  G.  Baker, 
General  S.  Wylie  Crawford. 

Recording  Secretary:  Professor  Felix  E.  Schelling. 

Corresponding  Secretary:  Frank  M.  Day. 

Treasurer:  Henry  Austie  Smith. 

MANAGERS. 

Rev.  J.  W.  Faries,  William  H.  Burnett, 

Rev.  J.  L.  McKim,  R.  H.  Neilson, 

Gregory  B.  Keen,  Charles  P.  Keith, 

Prof.  John  G.  R.  McElroy,  Edward  G.  McCollin, 

Rev.  Jesse  Y.  Burk,  E.  P.  Cheney, 

Effingham  B.  Morris,  Prof.  George  S.  Fullerton, 

Henry  Budd,  George  Wharton  Pepper, 

George  F.  Martin,  Lightner  Witmer, 

Edw.  F.  Pugh,  Charles  H.  Frazier, 

Dr.  J.  H.  Packard,  Charles  P.  Neil. 

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THE  WHARTON  SCHOOL  ALUMNI 
ASSOCIATION. 


President:  Hon.  Robert  Adams,  Jr. 

Vice-President:  Roland  P.  Falkner. 
Treasurer:  David  Milne.  Secretary:  Miers  Busch. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 
Edward  P.  Cheyney. 
Herbert  Hart  Boyd. 
James  Collins  Jones. 
Samuel  Frederic  Houston. 
George  Henderson. 


THE  GERMAN  ECONOMIC  ASSOCIATION  OF 
THE  WHARTON  SCHOOL. 


For  the  Study  and  Investigation  of  Socialism  and  other  plans  of  Social 
Reform;  meets  every  Friday  of  the  College  Year,  at  1.30  p.m. 

OFFICERS. 

Chief  Agitator:  David  Mandel,  Jr. 

Chief  Translator:  Prof.  R.  P.  Falkner. 

Keeper  of  Skull,  Crossbones  and  other  Symbolic  Bric-a-brac: 

Wm.  Beni.  Rosskam. 

Promulgator  of  Arguments  written  in  Red  Ink:   Frederick  Leser,  Jr. 

Composer  of  Revolutionary  Essays:  L.  S.  Rowe. 

With  gloves,  Fuse  Anzunder  and  Powder  Packer:  C.  H.  A.  Veditz. 

Oriental  Opiniator:  M.  Kushida. 

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THE 

PENNSYLVANIAN. 


Published  Weekly, 
throughout  the 
College  Year. 

BOARD  OF  EDITORS. 

From  April,  1889,  to  April,  1890. 

Josiah  H.  Penniman,  '90,  Editor-in-Chief. 
John  G.  Clark,  Medical  Department. 
Charles  S.  Wood,  Law  Department. 
David  J.  Bullock,  Biological  Department. 
Harry  D.  Matten,  Dental  Department. 
Chester  N.  Farr,  '90. 
Francis  B.  Lee,  '90. 
William  H.  Loyd,  Jr.,  '90. 
J.  Hartley  Merrick,  '90. 
Hugh  W.  Ogden,  '90. 
Philip  E.  Howard,  '91. 
Henry  I.  Brown,  '91. 
F.  C.  Williams,  '91. 

E.  S.  Gault,  '92. 
J.  H.  Brockie,  '92. 

From  April,  1890,  to  April,  1891. 

F.  Churchiij,  Wigwams,  '91,  Editor-in-Chief. 

John  G.  Clark,  1  ,,   ...     ,  ^ 

"L,  _,       '  >  Medical  Department. 

Thomas  F.  Branson,  J 

S.  S.  Bowman,  Law  Department. 

Harry  D.  Matten,  Dental  Department. 

David  J.  Bullock,  Biological  Department. 

Leonard  Pearson,  Veterinary  Department. 

Samuel  R.  Colladay,  '91. 

Philip  E.  Howard,  '91. 

Horace  C.  Wood,  '91. 

John  H.  Brockie,  '92. 

E.  B.  Beaumont,  '92. 

E.  S.  Gault,  '92. 

Dayton  H.  Miller,  '93. 

John  F.  Sinclair,  '93. 


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THE  RED  AND  BLUE. 


BOARD  OF  EDITORS. 

President: 

Clayton  F.  McMichael,  '91. 

Associates: 
Clinton  R.  Woodruff,  Law. 
George  Henderson,  Law.  C.  N.  B.  Camac,  '92. 

A.  D.  Whiting,  Med.  C.  H.  Kirk,  '91. 

Clifford  Lewis,  Jr.,  '92. 
C.  N.  B.  Camac,  Business  Manager. 


THE  PHILOMATHEAN  SOCIETY. 

Founded  in  18 '/j. 


OFFICERS  1889-90. 


First  Terra. 


Second  Term.  Third  Term. 

J.  H.  Penniman,  '90.  S.  R.  Colladay,  '91. 

S.  R.  Colladay,  '91.  W.  G.  Knowles,  '91. 

E.  H.  Dickson,  '91.  J.  De  W.  Perry,  '91. 

J.  De  W.  Perry,  '91.  W.  S.  Morris,  '92. 

R.  R.  Truitt,  '90.  C.  R.  Lee,  '91. 


Mod.:      W.  H.  Burk,  '90. 

1st  Ceil.:  R.  I.  Gamon,  '90. 

2dCen.:    C.  R.  Lee,  '91. 

Secy:        W.  H.  Lloyd,  '90. 

Treas.:     W.  Levan,  '91. 

Rec:         H.  W.  Ogden,  '90.      W.  H.  Burk,  '90.        J.  H.  Penniman,   '90. 


MEMBERS. 


W.  H.  Burk,  '90. 
C.  N.  Farr,  '90. 
R.  I.  Gamon,  '90. 
M.  Kushida,  '90. 
W.  H.  Lloyd,  Jr.,  '90. 
H.  W.  Ogden,  '90. 
J.  H.  Penniman,  '90. 
H.  B.  Schermerhorn, 
R.  R.  Truitt,  '90. 
S.  R.  Colladay,  '91. 
E.  H.  Dickson,  '91. 
J.  M.  L.  Eckard,  '91. 
S.  C.  Kapp,  '91. 
W.  G.  Knowles,  '91. 
C.  R.  Lee,  '91. 
G.  F.  Levan,  '91. 
J.  D.  W.  Perry,  '91. 
W.  H.  Righter,  '91. 


90. 


C.  Weygaudt,  '91. 
J.  J.  Houston,  '91. 
E.  S.  Gault,  '92. 
C.  Malony,  '92. 
A.  McCullagh,  '92. 
W.  S.  Morris,  92. 
U.  S.  Schaul,  '92. 
C.  R.  Williams,  '92. 

E.  S.  Clark,  '93. 
R.  R.  Donges,  '93. 

F.  H.  Lee,  '93. 
J.  Schaul,  '93. 

S.  M.  Kendrick,  93. 

G.  A.  Smyth,  '93. 
J.  R.  Sypher,  '93. 
R.  N.  Willson,  '93. 
E.  Wright,  '93. 


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THE  SCIENTIFIC  SOCIETY. 


Presidents: 

ist  Vice-Presidents: 

2d  Vice-Presidents: 

Secretaries: 

Treasurers: 

Curators: 

Librarians: 

Executive  Com'' tee's: 


OFFICERS  FOR  i889-'9o. 
First  Term. 
J.  MacG.  Mitcheson,'90.  J. 
H.  Souder,  '90.  H. 

P.  E.  Howard,  '91.  C. 

J.  C.  Ziegler,  '91.  R. 

J.  M.  West,  '91.  P. 

A.  O.  Kcenig,  '92  Biol.    A. 

E.  H.  Piatt,  '91.  S. 
H.  Delaplaine,'9i  {Ck.).J. 
C.  P.  Franklin,  '90.  H, 

F.  Head,  '91.  J. 


Second  Term. 
MacG.  Mitcheson,  '90. 
Souder,  '90. 
P.  Franklin,  '90. 
Iv.  Humphrey,  '90. 

E.  Howard,  '91. 

O.  Kcenig,  '92  Biol. 
Terashima,  '93. 
C.  Ziegler,  '91  (Ck.). 

H.  Patterson,  '93. 

F.  Sinclair,  '93. 


MEMBERS. 


J.  MacG.  Mitcheson,  '90. 
David  Jayne  Bullock,  '90  Biol. 

C.  P.  Franklin,  '90  Biol. 
H.  Souder,  '90. 

R.  L.  Humphrey,  '90. 
F.  S.  Nelson,  '90. 
T.  A.  Capp,  '90. 
H.  V.  Osbourn,  '90. 

D.  E.  Buckingham,  '91  Vet. 
T.  Iy.  Bernard,  '91. 

P.  E.  Howard,  '91. 
H.  Delaplaine,  '91. 
J.  J.  Elcock,  '91. 
J.  C.  Zeigler,  '91. 

E.  H.  Piatt,  '91. 


F.  Head,  '91. 

J.  M.  West,  '91. 

D.  E.  Buckingham,  '91  Vet. 

T.  L.  Bernard,  '91. 

H.  A.  Rothrock,  Biol. 

H.  B.  Clingan. 

A.  O.  Kcenig,  '92  Biol. 

H.  H.  Patterson,  '93. 

S.  Terashima,  '93. 

W.  Trautwine,  Jr.,  '93. 

P.  H.  Brice,  Jr.,  '93. 

W.  B.  Warne,  Jr.,  '93. 

J.  F.  Sinclair,  '93. 

J.  O.  Clarke,  P.  G. 


President:  J.  C.  Irwin. 

Vice-President:  C.  N.  Farr,  Jr. 
Secretary:  R.  G.  Develin. 

Treasurer:  S.  W.  Kapp. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

B.  B.  Lathbury,  E.  A.  Calves, 

H.  Delaplaine. 

POST-SENIORS. 

T.  R.  Beyer,  C.  F.  Fisher, 

J.  O.  Clarke,  G.  W.  T.  Miller, 

D.  B.  Salter. 


SENIORS. 


E.  A.  Calves, 

B.  A.  Cullen, 
R.  G.  Develin, 

C.  N.  Farr,  Jr., 
R.  L.  Humphrey, 


J.  C.  Irwin, 
B.  B.  Lathbury, 
H.  W.  Latta, 
F.  S.  Nelson, 
H.  V.  Osbourn, 


H.  Souder. 
JUNIORS. 
D.  G.  Anderson,        S.  W.  Kapp, 
T.  B.  Dallas,  G.  B.  Taylor, 

H.  Delaplaine,  J.  H.  Terry, 

J.  J.  L.  Houston,       J.  M.  West,  Jr., 
J.  C.^Ziegler. 


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THE  GENERAL  ATHLETIC  ASSOCIATION 


President:  J.  William  White.    First  Vice-President:  H.  Laussaut  Geylin. 
Second  Vice-President:  Frederick  Meade  Bissell. 
Secretary:  Edgar  Dudley  Faries, 

Treasurer:  Edward  G.  McCollin. 

BOARD  OF    DIRECTORS. 

Thomas  G.  Hunter,  Horace  H.  Lee, 

Davidson  Kennedy,  J.  Allison  Scott, 

Alexander  J.  Gray,  George  W.  Pepper. 

UNDERGRADUATE  COMMITTEE. 

Lewis  Audenried,  '90  Col.,  Julien  Dewey,  '91  Med., 

F.  Churchill  Williams,  '91  Col. 

MANAGER. 
F.  C.  Williams,  '91  Col. 


Mid-Winter  Sports  (Handicapped). 

Academy  of  Music,  Feb.  ist,  i8go. 
40  Yards  Dash. 

(Final  Heat). 

1.  L.  Cary,  Princeton 4|  seconds. 

2.  Amwake,  A.  C.  S.  N \    .    . 

Running  High  Jump. 

1.  H.  L.  Clark,  P.  F.  &  S.  C 5  ft.  8^  inches. 

2.  D.  C.  Clegg,  Y.  M.  C.  A 

Catch-as-catch-can  Wrestling. 

1.  J.  K.  Schell,  A.  C.  S.  N 

2.  J.   Chesterman,  A.  C.  S.  N 

Bantam-Weight  Wrestling. 

1.  J.  B.  Reilly,  A.  C.  S.  N 

2.  W.  Rode,  A.  A.  C 

Half-Mile  Run. 

(Final  Heat). 

1.  P.  D.  Skillman,  N.  Y.  A.  C 2  min.   20  sec. 

2.  J.  H.  Terry,  U.  of  P 

Tug  of  War. 

(Finals). 
Princeton  pulled  U.  of  P.,  5  inches. 

440  Yards  Dash. 

(Final  Heat). 

1.  W.  H.  Warwick,  U.  of  P.,  won  on  foul 

2.  Rutter,  Y.  M.  C.  A 


Spring  Sports  (Handicapped). 

May  10th,  i8go. 
100  Yards  Dash. 

1.  W.  H.  Carpenter,  '92  Med '   .    .  io|  seconds. 

2.  H.  B.  Luhn,  '91  Med 

Pole  Vault. 
1.  P.  E.  Howard,  '91  Coll 8  ft.  6  inches. 

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2  Mile  Bicycle  Race. 

1.  R.  S.  Elliott,  '93  Coll 6  min.  52  sec. 

2.  J.  Fuller,  Dent 

Putting  the  Shot  (16  lbs.) 

1.  W.  B.  Van  Loon,  '91  Med 30  ft.  6  inches. 

2.  W.  H.  Waugaman,  '91  Dent 

Mile  Walk. 

1.  D.  H.  Miller,  '93  Coll 8  min.  44  sec. 

2.  E.  A.  Schofield,  Law 

120  Yards  Hurdle. 
1.  G.  W.  Kendrick,  '92  Coll iyf  seconds. 

440  Yards  Dash. 
1.  W.  H.  Warrick,  '91  Med 53!  seconds. 

Throwing  the  Hammer  (16  lbs.) 

1.  W.  E.  Van  Loon,  '91  Med 74  ft.  2  inches. 

2.  W.  H.  Waugaman,  '91  Dent 

220  Yards  Hurdle. 

1.  J.  R.  Deveraux,  '92  Med 28  seconds. 

2.  G.  W.  Kendrick,  '92 

Half-Mile  Run. 

1.  F.  H.  Lee,  '93  Coll.  .    , 2  min.    11  sec. 

2.  J.  H.  Terry,  '91  Coll 

Running  Broad  Jump. 

r.  C.  H.  Frazier,  '92  Med 18  ft.  5  inches. 

2.  J.  C.  Ogden,  '91  Coll 

Running  High  Jump. 

1.  P.  E.  Howard,  '91  Coll 5  ft.  7  inches. 

2.  W.  B.  Oberholtzer,  '92  Coll 5  ft.  6  inches. 

220  Yards  Dash. 

1.  W.  H.  Carpenter,  '92  Med 24  seconds. 

2.  H.  B.  Luhn,  '91  Med 

Mile  Run. 

1.  W.  M.  Scott,  '92  Coll 4  min.  45  sec. 

2.  J.  M.  West,  '91  Coll 

Tug  of  War. 

1.  '92  Coll.  2.  '93  Coll. 

2:2 


1 4th  Intercollegiate  Meeting. 


May  25th,  1889. 


100  Yards  Dash. 

Shkrrill,  Yale ioi  sec. 

Moen,  Harvard 

Robinson,  Yale 

220  Yards  Dash. 

Sherrill,  Yale 22f  sec. 

Lee,  Harvard 

440  Yards  Dash, 

Dohm,  Princeton 50  sec. 

Downes,  Harvard 

Half-Mile  Run. 

Downes,  Harvard . 2min.  2|  sec. 

Yosburg,  Columbia 

Mile  Run. 

Wells,  Amherst 4  rnin.  29!  sec. 

Harmar,  Yale 

Mile  Walk. 

McIlvaine,  Columbia 7  rniii.  6f  sec. 

How,   Harvard 

220  Yards  Hurdle. 

Mapes,  Columbia 26|  sec. 

Williams,  Yale 

120  Yards  Hurdle. 

Mapes,  Columbia i6|  sec. 

Williams,  Yale 

2  Mile  Bicycle  Race. 

Greenleaf,  Columbia ••   .  6  min.  %  sec. 

Davis,  Yale 

Running  High  Jump. 

Webster,  U.  of  P S  ft.  6%  inches. 

Leavitt,  Harvard 5ft.  4%  inches. 

Running  Broad  Jump. 

Shearman,  Yale 22  ft.  6  inches. 

Mapes,  Columbia 

Putting  the  Shot. 

J  anew  ay,  Princeton 36  ft.  1%.  inches. 

Elcock,  Yale 35  ft.  10  inches. 

Throwing  the  Hammer. 

Bowser,  U.  of  P 89  ft.  1%  inches. 

Allen,  Harvard .  83  ft.  10%  in. 

Tug  of  War. 

1.  Columbia. 

2.  Princeton. 

Summary. 

Yale 3  Firsts,  5  Seconds.  Harvard 2  Firsts,  6  Seconds. 

Columbia 4      "        2        "  Pennsylvania 2      "        o        " 

Princeton 2      "        1        "  Amherst 1      "        o        " 

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CRICKET  ASSOCIATION 


OFFICERS. 


President:  S.  R.  Colladay,  '91. 
Secretary:].  H.  Brockie,  '92. 


Vice-President:  H.  C.  Thayer,  '92. 
Treasurer:  H.  C.  Wood,  '91. 


UNIVERSITY  TEAM  FOR  THE  SEASON  OF    1889. 

W.  Scott,  '89.  W.  Goodwin,  '90. 

H.  C.  Wood,  '91.  A.  S.  Valentine,  '92. 

A.  G.  Thomson,  '89.  F.  Yarnall,  '91. 

J.  A.  Scott,  Med.  H.  W.  Middleton,  '92. 

H.  I.  Brown,  '91.  H.  C.  Thayer,  '92. 

S.  R.  Colladay,  '91.  W.  H.  Trotter,  Jr.,  '90. 

R.  E.  Griscom,  '89.  G.  S.  Patterson,  Law. 


215 


THE  SCORES. 

Season  of  1889. 

ist  Inns. 

University  of  Pennsylvania 132 

Harvard 27 

University  of  Pennsylvania 136 

Haverford 56 


2D  Inns. 


'91. 

S.  R.  Colladay. 
H.  C.  Wood. 

F.  Yarnall. 
H.  I.  Brown. 

G.  P.  Deacon. 
L.  D.  Vail. 

L.  C.  Griscom. 
R.  Field. 
J.  R.  White. 
R.  Graham. 
J.  L.  Bernard. 


CLASS  TEAMS. 
'92. 
H.  C.  Thayer. 
A.  S.  Valentine. 
R.  L.  Martin. 
S.  R.  Earl. 
W.  W.  Hoopes. 
W.  Barclay. 
J.  H.  Brockie. 
C.  N.  B.  Camac. 
W.  S.  Jamison. 
J.  B.  Lippincott. 
A.  B.  Kelley. 
C.  T.  Lee. 


'93- 
H.  P.  Butcher. 
J.  C.  Davis. 
J.  N.  Henry. 
G.  McFadden. 
C.  Milne. 
N.  McLeod. 
C.  S.  Patterson. 
G.  T.  Rowland. 
W.  S.  Thomson. 
E.  P.  Bissell. 
R.  L.  Perot. 
J.  C.  Newlin. 


Freshman. 
J.  H.  Patterson. 
W.  Goodwin. 
J.  H.  Merrick. 
W.  H.  Trotter,  Jr. 

B.  C.  Allen. 
J.  Barker. 

F.  B.  Neilson. 
S.  J.  Sellers. 

C.  S.  Boyer. 
J.  H.  Brinton. 
W.  W.  Barr,  Jr. 


90'S  CRICKET  TEAMS. 

Sophomore. 
J.  H.  Patterson. 
J.  H.  Merrick. 
W.  Goodwin. 

B.  C.  Allen. 
R.  I.  Gamon. 
J.  Barker. 
F.  B.  Neilson. 

C.  S.  Boyer. 
J.  H.  Brinton,  Jr. 
J.  H.  Penniman. 


Junior. 

F.  B.  Neilson. 
W.  F.  Williams. 
W.  Goodwin. 
W.  H.  Trotter,  Jr. 
H.  Fleck. 
A.  McGeorge. 
J.  W.  Diggles. 
C.  S.  Boyer. 
W.  H.  Patterson. 
J.  H.  Brinton,  Jr. 

G.  D.  Rosengarten,  Jr. 


216 


BASEBALL  ASSOCIATION. 


President:  James  Whalley  Diggles,  '90. 

Vice-President:  Harry  Chapman  Thayer,  '92. 
Secretary:  Chester  Hughes  Kirk,  '91. 

Treasurer:  Eugene  Beauharnais  Beaumont,  '92. 


DIRECTORS. 

Hon.  John  E.  Reyburn. 

A.  D.  Whiting,  '91  M. 

H.  H.  Clark,  '90  M. 

S.  W.  Dougherty,  P.  G. 

George  W.  Pepper. 
Manager:  A.  D.  Whiting,  '91  M. 
Official  Scorer:  E.  B.  Beaumont,  '92. 


THE  UNIVERSITY  TEAM. 

Elwood  O.  Wagenhurst,  '91  L.,  2b.  Captain. 

Thomas  H.  Cahill,  '91  M.,  3b. 

Edwin  D.  Graves,  '90  D.,  s.s. 

Sumner  S.  Bowman,  '91  L.,  p. 

Joseph  Shannon,  '92  L-,  p. 

Chester  Hughes  Kirk,  '91,  p. 

Abram  S.  Valentine,  '92,  l.f. 

William  W.  Long,  '91,  c.f. 

James  S.  Darragh,  '91  D.,  lb. 

Roberts.  Ammerman,  '91  L.,  r.f. 

Addison  F.  Lansing,  '92,  c. 


217 


CLASS  TEAMS. 


'91. 
P.  R.  Bailey,  c. 
C.  H.  Kirk,  p. 
F.  M.  Willard,  ib. 
J.  L.  Bernard,  2b. 
A.  Henwood,  3b. 
L.  D.  Vail,  s.s. 
H.  C.  Wood,  l.f. 
W.  W.  Long,  c.f. 
E.  T.  Hager,  r.f. 
R.  Field,  sub. 


Season  of  1890. 
'92. 
A.  F.  Lansing,  p. 
A.  S.  Valentine,  c. 
H.  C.  Thayer,  ib. 
R.  L.  Martin,  2b. 
G.  W.  Kendrick,  3b. 
E.  W.  Coon,  s.s. 
S.  R.  Earl,  l.f. 
W.  W.  Hoopes,  c.f. 
J.  B.  Moyer,  r.f. 
J.  H.  Brockie,  sub. 


'93. 

H.  Stryker,  c. 
J.  H.  Rex,  p. 
W.  S.  Thomson,  ib. 
H.  C.  Butcher,  2b. 
R.  N.  Willsou,  3b. 
J.  C.  Davis,  s.s. 
G.  McFadden,  r.f. 
C.  S.  Patterson,  c.f. 
C.  M.  Rogers,  l.f. 


90'S  BASEBALL  TEAMS. 


Freshman. 
C.  S.  Boyer,  c. 
J.  W.  Diggles,  2b. 
H.  L.  Haines,  ib. 
P.  E.  Howard,  p. 
B.  C.  Allen,  l.f. 
J.  H.  Patterson,  s.s. 
J.  Barker,  3b. 
R.  I.  Gamon,  r.f. 
W.  W.  Barr,  Jr.,  c.f. 


Sophomore. 
J.  Barker,  3b. 

B.  C.  Allen,  l.f. 

C.  S.  Boyer,  2b. 
H.  L.  Haines,  r.f. 
P.  E.  Howard,  p. 
J.  W.  Diggles,  c. 

W.  H.  Trotter,  Jr.,  s.s. 
W.  W.  Barr,  Jr.,  c.f. 
J.  H.  Penniman,  ib. 


Junior. 

A.  McGeorge,  ib. 
W.  F.  Williams,  p. 
J.  W.  Diggles,  c. 
C.  S.  Boyer,  2b. 

B.  F.  Cullen,  s.s. 
H.  Fleck,  3b. 

J.  H.  Penniman,  l.f. 
J.  H.  Brinton,  Jr.,  c.f. 
W.  H.  Trotter,  Jr.,  r.f. 


218 


FOOTBALL  TEAM 


Full-Back,  H.  C.  Thayer,  '92  C. 

Half-Backs,  T.  W.  Hulme,  P.  G.         A.  S.  Valentine,   '92  C. 

Quarter-Back,  h.  D.  Vail.  E.  M.  Church. 

Rushers. 
L.  Audenried,  90.  J.  H.  Dewey,  Med. 

A.  D.  Windsor,  Med.  H.  H.  Sypher,  Law. 

A.  J.  Bowser,  Med.  J.  E.  Ziegler,  Law. 

A.  Wright,  P.  G.  J.  W.  Diggles,  '90. 

F.  M.  Willard,  '91. 


GAMES. 
Season  of  1880. 

University  of  Pennsylvania 30 

Graduates 6 

University  of  Pennsylvania  .    .    , 82 

Swarthmore        o 

University  of  Pennsylvania 4 

Rutgers o 

University  of  Pennsylvania 6 

Lehigh 4 

^University  of  Pennsylvania 4 

Princeton 72 

^University  of  Pennsylvania 10 

Yale 20 

^University  of  Pennsylvania - o 

Harvard 35 

University  of  Pennsylvania 8 

Lafayette 10 

University  of  Pennsylvania 24 

Columbia o 

*  Championship  Game. 

219 


University  of  Pennsylvania 14 

Rutgers o 

University  of  Pennsylvania  . o 

Lehigh 8 

University  of  Pennsylvania 14 

Lafayette o 

*University  of  Pennsylvania 2 

Wesleyan 10 

Total,  University  of  Pennsylvania 198 

Total,  Opponents 165 

Games  Played 13 

Won 7 

Lost 6 

CLASS  TEAMS. 

SEASON   OF   '89. 
'90.  '91. 

F.-B.       F.  B.  Neilson.  H.  C.  Wood. 

rr    z?    JW.H.  Patterson.  S.  R.  Colladay. 

n~J*'   IB.  S.  Walters.  T.  W.  Huidekoper. 

Q.-B.      W.  H.  Trotter.  L.  D.  Vail. 

R.  J.  W.  Diggles.  F.  C.  Williams. 

C.  N.  Farr.  P.  E.  Howard. 

J.  M.  Mitcheson.  F.  M.  Willard. 

H.  Souder.  E.  P.  Goodell. 

J.  H.  Brinton.  W.  H.  Ashhurst. 

R.  I.  Gamon.  T.  Johnson. 

L.  Audeuried.  R.  Field. 
'92.  '93. 

F.-B.       H.  C.  Thayer.  S.  K.  Reeves. 

M   p    j  A.  S.  Valentine.  W.  S.  Thomson. 

ri'li'   I  J.  H.  Brockie.  R.  N.  Willson. 

Q.-B.      S.  Earl.  G.  S.  Gummey. 

R.  A.  L.  Harris.  H.  D.  Spaeth. 

;E.  B.  Beaumont.  A.  W.  Crawford. 

S.  B.  Wheeler.  H.  P.  Fisher. 

A.  B.  Kelley.  .  C.  S.  Patterson. 

C.  L.  Borie.  J.  E.  Morgan. 

U.  S.  Schaul.  G.  McFadden. 

G.  W.  Kendrick.  W.  Brinton. 
*Championship  Game. 


CLASS  GAMES. 

'90  vs.  '93 24 —  o 

'91  vs.  '92 16 —  o 

'91  VS.     '93 26 —    2 

'93  vs.   '92 o —  8 

'90  vs.  '92 o —  6 

'90  vs.  '91 o — 34 

Won.  I,ost. 

'90 I  2 

'91 3  o 

'92 2  I 

'93 °  3 

'91  won  the  championship. 


'90'S  CLASS  FOOTBALL  TEAMS. 

FRESHMAN. 

SOPHOMORE. 

F.-B. 

J.  H.  Patterson. 

F.  B.  Neilson. 

H.-B. 

f  T.  Jackson. 
IT.  M.  Royal. 

H.  Fleck. 

C.  S.  Boyer. 

Q.-B. 

W.  W.  Barr,  Jr. 

B.  C.  Allen. 

R. 

L.  Audenried. 

H.  L.  Jefferys. 

W.  Batchelor. 

R.  I.  Gamon. 

B.  L.  Griffith. 

H.  H.  Sypher. 

R.  I.  Gamon. 

P.  E.  Howard. 

H.  W.  Hale. 

J.  W.  Diggles. 

H.  L.  Jefferys. 

L.  Andenried. 

H.  H.  Sypher. 

W.  W.  Barr,  Jr. 

JUNIOR. 

SENIOR. 

F.-B. 

B.  Walters. 

F.  B.  Neilson. 

H.-B. 

C.  S.  Boyer. 

W.  H.  Patterson. 

Q.-B. 

H.  Fleck. 

B.  S.  Walters. 

R. 

W.  K.  Hale 

W.  H.  Trotter,  Jr. 

L.  Andenried. 

R.  I.  Gamon. 

C.  N.  Farr,  Jr. 

C.  N.   Farr,  Jr. 

J.  W.  Diggles. 

J.  W.  Diggles. 

J.  H.  Brinton,  Jr. 

H.  Souder. 

H.  H.  Sypher. 

J.  M.  Mitcheson. 

H.  W.  Ogden. 

J.  H.  Brinton,  Jr. 

R.  I.  Gamon. 

L.  Audenried. 

BOAT  CLUB. 


President:  David  Milne.  Captain:  C.  S.  Potts. 

Treasurer:  Arthur  McGeorge.  First  Lieutenant:  F.  C.  Williams. 

Secretary:  Joseph  Head.  Second  Lieutenant:  G.  P.  Deacon. 


Season  of  1889. 

UNIVERSITY  CREW. 

H.  Luhn Bow       D.  D.  Fair  . 5 

W.  S.  Davenport 2       G.  Gray 6 

W.  E.  Van  Loon 3       A.  L.  Harris 7 

H.  H.  Sypher 4       A.  Wright Stroke 

G.  P.  Deacon,  Coxswain. 


At  New  London,  1889. 

1.  Yale Time  23  min.  50  sec. 

2.  University  of  Pennsylvania "    23  min.  54  sec. 

1.  Cornell 

2.  Columbia 

3.  University  of  Pennsylvania 


At  Philadelphia,  July  jth,  1889. 

1.  Cornell Time  6  min.  40  sec. 

2.  University  of  Pennsylvania "  6  min.  40^  sec. 


FRESHMAN  CREW. 

H.  Luhn !    .    .    .  Bow       D.  D.   Fair 5 

W.  S.  Davenport 2       C.  G.  Stivers 6 

W.  E.  Van  Loon 3       A.  L.   Harris 7 

D.  O'Sullivan 4      H.  N.  Jackson Stroke 

J.  K.  Mohr,  Coxswain. 


At  Neiu  London ,  1889. 

1.  Universit3'  of  Pennsylvania  Freshmen  .    .    . 

2.  Yale  Freshmen 


Fall  of  1 


CLASS  CREWS. 


'91  Coll. 

'91  Med. 

Terrv.   .    .  Bow 

Wilier.    .    .    .  Bow 

Starr 2 

Nassau 2 

Johnson      .    .  3 

Whiting  ....  3 

Church   ...  4 

Van  Loon    ...  4 

Ashhurst    .    .  5 

Luhn 5 

Smith      ...  6 

Stivers.     ....  6 

Williams   .    .  7 

Dewey 7 

Goodell,  Stroke 

Ross  .    .    .  Stroke 

Coxswain,  Delaplaine. 

Coxswain,  Burk. 

'93  Coll. 

'92  Med. 

Donges    .  Bow 

McCullough    .  Bow 

Oberholtzer  .  2 

Shomberg ....  2 

Milne     .    .    .  3 

Chandler   ....  3 

Smyth    ...  4 

Kiersted     ....  4 

Loeb  ....  5 

Pancoast     ....  5 

Hulburd   .    .  6 

Gay 6 

Swift  ....  7 

Harvey        ....  7 

Baker,  Stroke 

Stcekle  .    .    .  Stroke 

Coxswain,  Gummev. 

Coxswain,  Massey. 

Time  10  min.  8^  sec. 
"    10  min.  11  Vz  sec. 


'92  Coll. 

Greene   .    .  Bow 

Camac  .    .    . 

2 

Schaul      .    . 

3 

Morris  .    .    . 

4 

Hancock  .    . 

5 

Lewis    .    .    . 

6 

Beaumont    . 

7 

Harris    .  Stro* 

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Coxswain,  Mo 

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Dental. 

Haines    .    .  Be 

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Fogg     .    .    . 

2 

Miller  .    .    . 

3 

Darragh .     . 

4 

Jacobi      .    . 

5 

Waugaman 

6 

Watts  .    .    . 

7 

Putnam,  Stro 

ke 

Coxswain,  Hoa 

ve 

223 


On  the  Schuylkill,  Nov.  14th,  1889. 

First.   '91  Med.  Third.  '92  Coll. 

Second.   '91  Coll.  Fourth.  Dental. 


BOAT  CLUB  CREWS. 

1889. 

Junior  Gig. 

T.  Whitney Stroke      J.  Starr 2 

A.  D.  Wilt 3      J.  H.  Terry Bow 

Won  in  Schuylkill  Navy  Regatta  \]/z  mile. 
Time  9  min.   10  sec. 

Four-Oared  Shell. 

J.  D.  Spaeth Stroke       G.  Ross 2 

J.  Head 3       A.  D.  Whittaker Bow 

Boat  Club  Gig. 

H.  N.  Jackson Stroke      J.  H.  Dewey 2 

J.  Head 3       C.  G.  Stivers    .    .    : Bow 

Won  in  People's  Regatta,  4th  of  July. 

Senior  Gig. 

E.  P.  Goodell Stroke      T.  Johnson 2 

J.  H.  Dewey .3      F.  C.Williams Bow 

Won  in  Schuylkill  Navy  Regatta  \]A  miles. 
Time  9  min.  1  sec. 


BOAT  CLUB  EIGHT. 

J.  D.  Spaeth Stroke      E.  P.  Goodell 4 

J.  Head 7      J-  H.  Dewey 3 

G.  Ross 6      T.Johnson      2 

A.  D.  Whittaker 5       F.  C.  Williams Bow 

Manzo  Kushida,  Coxswain. 

Lost  to  Crescent  B.  C.  in  Schuylkill  Navy  Regatta. 

Time  8  min.  1  sec. 

224 


'go'S  CLASS  CREWS. 
Sophomore.  Junior.* 

R.  S.  Stoyle Bow 

W.  W.  Barr,  Jr 2 R.  S.  Stayle. 

R.  I.  Gamon 3 W.  R.  Nicholson 

P.  E.  Howard 4 R.  I.  Gamon. 

L.  Audenried 5 W.  F.  Williams. 

T.  Whitney      6 J.  W.  Diggles. 

H.  H.  Sypher 7 H.  H.  Sypher. 

J.  W.  Diggles Stroke 

M.  Kushida,  Coxswain. 


Tug  of  War. 


THE  UNIVERSITY  TEAM. 

F.  C.  Williams,  '91  C.  Anchor. 
T.  Johnson,  '91  C.  3 

J.  T.  Bunting,  '90  Bi.  2 

J.  M.  Castle,  '91  C.  1 


'9i 
Williams. 
Johnson. 
Ogden. 
Castle. 


CLASS  TEAMS. 
Anchor. 

3 


92 
Harris. 
Schaul. 
Hancock. 
Kendrick. 


'93 
Fisher.         Anchor. 
Harris.  3 

Wright.  2 

Schaul.  1 


*  Race  rowed  with  six  men. 


225 


TENNIS  ASSOCIATION. 


OFFICERS. 
President:  S.  R.  Colladay,  '91.       Vice-President:  W.  H.  Trotter,  Jr.,  '90. 


'90. 
W.  H.  Trotter. 
H.  L.  Jefferys. 

'91. 
W.  K.  Rowland. 
E.  T.  Hager. 


CLASS  PAIRS.  '92. 

C.T.  Lee. 
W.  S.Jamison. 

'93- 
J.  C.  Davis. 
W.  H.  Jefferys. 


FRESHMAN  LACROSSE  ASSOCIATION, 


Secretary:  D.  II.  Miller,  '93. 
FRESHMAN  TEAM. 
Goal:  J.  C.  Newlin. 
Point:  H.  B.  Sims. 
Cover  Point:  F.  W.  Miller. 
Third  Defence:  W.  Brinton. 
Second  Defence:  C.  H.  Weber. 
First  Defence:  J.  R.  Sypher. 
Centre:  E.  Wright. 
First  Attack:  L.  B.  Runk. 
Second  Attack:  F.  N.  Shoemaker. 
Third  Attack:  W.  Lieber. 
Outside  Home:  E.  W.  Middleton  (Captain) 
Inside  Home:  D.  H.  Miller. 


226 


CAMERA  CLUB. 


President:  George  D.  Rosengarten,  Jr.,  '90. 

First  Vice-President:  Phil.  E.  Howard,  '91. 
Second  Vice-President:  Wm.  H.  Lloyd,  Jr.,  '90. 

Secretary:  Henry  Delaplaine,  '91. 
Treasurer:  J.  MacG.  Mitcheson,  '90. 

HONORARY  MEMBERS. 
Horace  Jayne,  M.D.  George  A.  Kcenig,  Ph.D. 

Edgar  F.  Smith,  Ph.D.  George  F.  Barker,  Ph.B.,  M.D. 

Samuel  P.  Sadtler,  Ph.D.  Charles  H.  Haupt,  B.S.,  C.E. 

Joseph  T.  Rothrock,  B.S.,  M.D.        John  A.  Ryder,  Ph.D. 
Charles  S.  Dolley,  M.D. 

ACTIVE  MEMBERS. 


'89. 

'90.                                              '91. 

C.  F.  Fisher. 

H 

.  B 

'..  Cressman.                  E.  H.  Dickson. 

T.  R.  Beyer. 

R. 

,  L. 

Humphrey.                  H.  Delaplaine. 

J. 

C. 

Irwin.                             P.  E.  Howard. 

W 

'.  B 

[.  Lloyd,  Jr.                   H.  Iwasaki 

J- 

M. 

Mitcheson.                   G.  I.  MacLeod,  Jr. 

G. 

D. 

Rosengarten,  Jr.         S.  W.  Smith. 

V.  Oberholtzer,  Jr. 

'92. 

'93- 

W 

.  Barclay. 

H.  C.  Burr. 

S. 

Fleisher. 

H.  P.  Busch. 

H. 

,  E.  Keller. 

P.  H.  Brice,  Jr. 

A. 

B.  Kelley. 

J.  C.  Newlin. 

A. 

O.  Kcenig. 

C. 

Lewis,  Jr. 

C. 

F.  Morrow 

227 


THE   ORCHESTRAL  ASSOCIATION. 


President:  W.  S.  Miller,  '90. 
Secretary  and  Ti'easurer:  J.  R.  Sypher,  '93. 

Leader:  E.  D.  Beale. 


1st  Violins: 

2d  Violins : 

D.  Berlizheimer. 

G.  McCaffrey. 

R.  H.  Smith. 

T.  R.  Beyer. 

R.  Willson. 

Viola: 

T.  McDermott. 

M.  Stevens,  '90. 

H.  Castle. 

Violoncellos: 

H.  Grebe  and  M.  Lohoff. 

Bass: 

L.  Foster. 

Flute: 

Oboe:                                Clarinet: 

\  Alex.  Small. 

W.  Fenn.                              E.  Price. 

Cornets: 

Trombone: 

J.  R.  Sypher,  1st. 

W.  S.  Miller,  '90. 

F.  Howe,  2d. 

R.  Elliott,  2d. 

Piano: 

C. 

F.  Haussmann. 

228 


GUN  CLUB. 


President:  J.  H.  Brinton,  Jr.,  '90. 

Vice-President:  F.  B.  Neilson,  '90. 
Treasurer:  G.  D.  Rosengarten,  Jr.,  '90. 

Secretary:  T.  W.  Huidekoper,  '91. 

MANAGERS. 

F.  C.  Williams,  '91. 

W.  Brinton,  '93. 

S.  W.  Dougherty,  P.G. 

MEMBERS. 

J.  H.  Brinton,  Jr.,  '90.  J.  Castle,  '91. 

G.  D.  Rosengarten,  Jr., '90.  C.  Lewis,  '92. 

F.  B.  Neilson,  '90.  J.  Dunn,'  92. 

B.  B.  Lathbury,  '90.  J.  Wagner,  '92. 

J.  C.  Irwin,  '90.  J.  B.  Lippincott,  '92. 

W.  K.  Rowland,  '91.  J.  Cadwalader,  '93. 

J.  J.  Elcock,  '91.  •  P.  Brice,  '93. 

T.  Johnson,  '91.  H.  M.  Clapp,  '93.. 

F.  C.  Williams,  '91.  S.  K.  Reeves,  '93. 

T.  W.  Huidekoper,  '91.  W.  H.  Jefferys,  '93, 

J.  Starr,  '91.  W.  Brinton,  '93. 

M.  Viti,  '91.  T.  M.  Miller,  Med, 

F.  Lennig,  '91.  Gay,  Med. 

T.  B.  Dallas,  '91.  W.  S.  Dougherty,  P.G. 
J.  D.  Perry,  Jr.,  '91. 

CLASS  TEAMS. 
'90.  '91.  '93. 

J.  H.  Brinton,  Jr.  W.  K.  Rowland.  W.  Brinton. 

G.  D.  Rosengarten,  Jr.    T.  Johnson.  J.  Cadwalader. 

J.  C.  Irwin,  Jr.  F.  C.  Williams.  W.  H.  Jefferys. 

CLASS  MATCH,   1889. 

Hits.         Misses. 

'91 42  33 

'9° 4i  32 

'93 20  55 

229 


GLEE  CLUB. 


OFFICERS. 
Frederick  B.  Neilson,  '90,  Conductor. 


J.  Warren  Coulston,  Jr.,  '90,  Manager. 
Adolph  G.  Rosengarten,  '92,  Assistant. 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 


J.  H.  Pennirnan,  '90,  Chairman. 
Frederick  B.  Neilsou,  '90. 
J.  Warren  Coulston,  Jr.,  '90. 


S.  Swift,  '93. 

L.  Stephan,  '92,  Dent. 


First  Tenors: 
S.  Jacobi,  '92  D. 
J.  R.  MacFarland,  '92  M. 
E.  S.  Gault,  '92. 
J.  M.  Bryan,  '92  M. 
W.  S.  Miller,  '90  Ch. 

First  Basses: 

S.  L.  Innes,  '93. 
A.  G.  Rosengarten,  '92. 
W.  D.  Townsend,  '92  M. 
W.  L.  Harris,  '92  M. 
S.  Swift,  '93. 


MEMBERS. 

Second  Tenors: 
J.  F.  Lambert,  '90  M. 
G.  A.  Lawton,  '92  M. 
L.  Stephan,  '92  D. 
D.  W.  Hulburd,  '93. 
C.  F.  McMichael,  '91. 

Second  Basses: 
J.  R.  Devereaux,  '92  M. 
J.  H.  Pennirnan,  '90. 
A.  J.  Patek,  '91  M. 
C.  L.  Borie,  '92. 


23-' 


THE  BANJO  CLUB. 


OFFICERS. 

President:  S.  W.  Dougherty. 
Treasurer:  T.  W.  Huidekoper.  Leader:  George  Fetterolf. 

MEMBERS. 
Banjeaurines: 
S.  W.  Dougherty,  P.S. 
Geo.  Fetterolf,  Med. 
Walter  Rowland,  '91. 

Second  Banjos: 
C.  P.  Smith,  Med. 
T.  W.  Huidekoper,  '91. 

Mandolin: 
J.  L,  G.  Ferris. 

Guitars: 

F.  W.  Shoemaker,  '92. 
P.  Patterson,  '92. 


First  Banjos: 
H.  C.  Butcher,  Jr.,  '93. 
P.  C.  Dougherty,  Med 


A.  L.  Hand,  Med. 


THE  CHAPEL  CHOIR 


MEMBERS. 


'90. 
Robert  I.  Gamon. 
Edwin  S.  Field. 
Hugh  W.  Ogden. 
Robert  R.  Truitt. 
Fred.  B.  Neilson. 
Fred.  S.  Nelson. 
Josiah  H.  Penniman. 


G.  Herbert  Dennison, 
William  Duane,  '92, 


91 


Clayton  F.  McMichael. 
Henry  Delaplaine. 

'92. 
Adolph  G.  Rosengarten. 
Charles  N.  B.  Camac. 
Albert  B.  Kelley. 
Wesley  Bartine. 
Charles  L-  Borie,  Jr. 


'9°>  1 


Organists. 


231 


LAW  CLUB. 


President:  Percy  McGeorge. 
Secretary  and  Treasurer:  Charles  vS.  Wood. 

MEMBERS. 

Second  Year.  Charles  Sturgis  Wood. 

Cortlandt  Kimball  Bolles.  Irving  Elmer  Ziegler. 
Joseph  Hill  Brinton,  Jr. 

Charles  Lincoln  Brown.  First  Year. 

Edwin  Rouse  Cochran.  Samuel  H.  Ashbridge. 

George  Chauncey  Dewey.  Robert  P.  Bradford. 

Thomas  Reynolds  Graham.  Thomas  William  Jopson. 

Robert  Priestly  Hayes.  William  Wilson  Longstreth. 

Percy  McGeorge.  George  Masters. 

Henry  Ridgely,  Jr.  William  Howell  Powell. 

Henry  Naglee  Smaltz.  Samuel  Pennington  Rotan. 

Charles  Percy  Willcox.  Howard  Hungerford  Sypher. 


J.  I.  CLARKE  HARE  LAW  CLUB. 

OFFICERS. 
President:  Robert  Scott  Ammerman. 

Vice-President:  Sumner  Sallade  Bowman. 
Secretary:  Charles  Edward  Aull. 

Treasurer:  Robert  Anderson  Heberling. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 
Norton  Buel  Young.  Henry  Birck. 

De  Reynolds  Owens. 

MEMBERS. 

William  Heebner  Bean.  Samuel  Blaine  Ewing. 

Cortland  Kimball  Bolles.  Robert  R.  P.  Bradford. 

Charles  S.  Greene.  John  William  Heisman. 

Tatlow  Jackson.  George  Thorne  Hunsicker. 

James  Hall  Oliver.  Thomas  William  Jopson. 

Elias  Henly  White.  J.  Wellington  Shannon. 

Francis  Bernard  Bracken.  Hervay  James  Sherer. 
Ellwood  O.  Wagenhurst. 


The  Kwizzed  Kwizzical  Kwizzers  of  the  Law 
Department. 

Francis  Chapman,     alias     Partnership. 


Jay  Rich  Gner, 
Robert  Priestly  Hayes, 
Alfred  Roland  Haig,     ' 
James  Lee  Patton, 
Charles  Sturgis  Wood, 


Peat  Estate. 

Evidence. 

Torts. 

Contracts. 

Equity. 


232 


THE  SHARSWOOD  LAW  CLUB, 


CLASS  OF  '91. 
Clerk:  Russell  Duane. 


Richard  Henry  Bayard  Bowie,  A.B. 

(U.  of  P.). 
William   Henry  Dillingham,   A.B. 

(U.  of  P.). 
Russell  Duane,  A.B.  (Harvard). 
Francis     Cope    Hartshorne,     B.S. 

(Haverford). 
Richard  Wistar  Harvey. 
Crawford  Dawes  Hening,  Ph.B.  (U. 

of  P.)  (Honorary  Member.) 


William  Draper  Lewis,  B.S.  (Hav- 
erford). 

John     Francis     Maher     (Honorary 
Member). 

George  Stuart  Patterson. 

Charles    Cooper    Townsend,    A.  B. 

(U.  of  P.). 
William  Jay  Turner. 
Lightner  Witmer,  Ph.B.  (U..  of  P.) 

(Honorary  Member.) 


Frederic     Robeson 
(U.  of  P.). 

Lewis  E.  Beitler  (Honorary  Member) 
Francis  Hermann  Bohlen. 
George   Clay   Bowker,    Ph.B.    (U, 

of  P.). 
Conway  Dillingham,  A.B.  (U.of  P.) 


CLASS  OF  '92. 
Clerk:  George  Henderson. 
Baker,     A.  B.       William  Struthers  Ellis,  A.B.  (Har- 
vard). 
George  Henderson,  Ph.B. (U.of  P.). 
Philip  Thomas  Penrose. 
John  Reed  Valentine. 
Clinton    Rogers   Woodruff,    Ph.B. 
(U.  of  P.). 


E.  COPPEE  MITCHELL  LAW  CLUB, 


OFFICERS. 


First  Term. 


President:  W.  A.  Brown. 
Vice-President:  J.  B.  Ellis. 
Secretary:  M.  W.  Sloan. 
Treasurer:  D.  E.  Simon. 

MEMBERS. 
B.  C.  Barrington,  '91. 
W.  A.  Brown,  '91. 
F.  Chapman,  '91. 
S.  F.  Clevenger,  '92. 
F.  W.  Crankshaw,  '92. 
L.  S.  Delaplaine,  Jr.,  '92. 
I.  B.  Ellis,  '92. 
J.  W.  Fitzpatrick,  '91. 
J.  R.  Grier,  '92. 
J.  Gross,  '92. 
M.  Hertzberg,  '91. 

Henry  J.  Walters, 


Second  Term. 
B.  C.  Barrington. 
J.  A.  McCarity. 
Henry  J.  Waters. 
F.  Chapman. 

H.  L.  Keck,  '92. 
J.  A.  McCarity,  '92. 
L.  McFarland.  '92. 
J.  L.  Patton,  '91. 
F.  M.  Pile,  '91. 
D.  E.  Simon,  '91. 
M.  M.  Sloan,  '92. 
J.  M.  Snyder,  '91. 
D.  M.  Stewart,  '92. 
J.  B.  Thomas,  '92. 
H.  N.  Wessel,  '91. 


92. 


233 


H.  C 


WOOD  MEDICAL  SOCIETY, 


OFFICERS. 
President:  A.  W.  Johnson,  '90. 

Vice-President:  Walter  Lincoln,  '90. 
Recording  Secretary:  W.  Lathrop,  '90. 

Corresponding  Secretary:  W.  W.  Russell,  '90. 
Treasurer:  M.  S.  Guest,  '90.  Librarian:  J.  M.  Maury,  '90. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 
Walter  Lincoln,  90.  J.  M.  Maury,  '90. 

I.  D.  Webster,  '90. 


A.  W.  Johnson,  '90. 
Walter  Lincoln,  '90. 
I.  D.  Webster,  '90. 
J.  M.  Maury,  '90. 
W.  Lathrop,  '90. 
W.  W.  Russell,  '90. 
H.J.  Rhett,  '90. 
M.  S.  Guest,  '90. 
J.  L-  Nicholson,  '90. 


MEMBERS. 
J.  A.  Samaniego,  '90. 
A.  F.  Doherty,  '90. 
W.  G.  B.  Harland,  '90. 
J.  H.  Zell,  '91. 
C.  W.  Van  Dyke,  '91. 
F.  Lieber,  '91. 
W.  H.  Furness,  '91. 
E.  C.  Ellett,  '91. 
W.  E.  Bruner,  '91. 


P.  M.  Foshay,  '91. 
G.  S.  Woodward,  '91. 
L.  S.  Smith,  '91. 
T.  A.  Clay  tor,  '91. 
C.  G.  Ross,  '91. 
J.  H.  Burtenshaw,  '91. 
R.  E.  Venning,  '91. 
M.  A.  Rodgers,  '91. 
F.  W.  Bennett,  '91. 


#= 


THE  TRUMAN   DENTAL  SOCIETY. 


President  ex -officio:  Prof.  James  Truman. 

President:  J.  A.  McKee. 
Vice-President:  Louis  Stephan. 

Secretary:  W.  J.  Arrington,  Jr. 
Treasurer:  G.  T.  Frey. 

MEMBERS. 

O.  M.  Brown.  O.  B.  Caldwell. 

S.  F.  Jacobi.  E.  H.  Perry,  Jr. 

M.  W.  Leokowizz.  R.  W.  Volk. 

W.  S.  Haines.  E.  B.  White. 

T.  L.  Caldwell.  E.  R.  Carpenter. 
W.  B.  Townsend. 


235 


HEMICAL  SOCIETY. 


President:  Hermann  Fleck. 


HONORARY  MEMBERS. 


Samuel  P.  Sadtler,  Ph.D. 
Edgar  F.  Smith,  Ph.D. 


Harry  F.  Keller,  Ph.Nat.D. 
Lee  K.  Frankel,  B.S.,  P.C. 


MEMBERS. 
Charles  S.  Boyer.  Hermann  Fleck. 

Clarence  C.  Burger.  Nelson  B.  Mayer. 

Maurice  M.  Feustmann,  Jr.  George  D.  Rosengarten. 


236 


THE  CHURCH  CLUB. 


President:  Henry  Riley  Gummey,  Jr. 

Vice-President:  Horace  A.  Walton. 
Secretary  and  Treasurer:  William  Herbert  Burk. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 
Henry  Riley  Gummey,  Jr.  George  Herbert  Dennison. 

Horace  A.  Walton.  Samuel  Rakestraw  Colladay. 

W.  Herbert  Burk.  James  DeWolf  Perry,  Jr. 

Charles  Nicoll  Bancker  Camac. 


MEMBERS. 


'90. 


'90. 


Henry  Riley  Gummey,  Jr 
Wm.  Herbert  Burk,  '90. 
George  Herbert  Dennison 
Horace  A.  Walton,  '90. 
James  Whalley  Diggles,  '90. 
James  DeWolf  Perry,  Jr.,  '91. 
Charles  N.  Bancker  Camac,  '92 
Frederick  Shaw  Nelson,  '90. 
Thomas  Powers  Harris,  '91. 
Erskine  Wright,  '93. 
Samuel  Rakestraw  Colladay, 
Erskine  Hazard  Dickson,  '91 
Charles  Ridgely  Lee,  '91. 
Francis  Herbert  Lee,  '93. 
William  Stuart  Morris,  '92. 


9i- 


David  Jayne  Bullock,  '90  Biol. 
Clayton  McElroy,  '92. 
Arthur  Wellesley  Howes,  '93. 
Stephen  Linnard  Innes,  '93. 
Henry  Leopold  Jefferys,  '90. 
Hugh  Walker  Ogden,  '90. 
William  Duane,  '92. 
William  Weaver  Lukens,  '92. 
William  Hamilton  Jefferys,  '93. 
Louis  Barcroft  Runk,  '93. 
Thomas  Harrison  Montgomery,  Jr. 

'93- 
Justin  Ralph  Sypher,  '93. 
Samuel  Swift,  '93. 
Burton  Kalloch  Chance,  '91  Med. 


PREACHERS. 
Rt.  Rev.  Ozi  W.  Whitaker,  D.D.,  Dec.  20th,  i88< 
Rev.  Prof.  George  S.  Fullerton,  Feb.  17th,  1890. 
Rev.  J.  DeWolf  Perry,  D.D.,  Feb.  24th,  1890. 
Rev.  R.  Bowden  Shepherd,  March  3d,  1890. 
Rev.  W.  F.  Nichols,  D.D.,  March  10th,  1890. 
Rev.  W.  N.  McVickar,  D.D.,  March  17th,  1890. 
Rev.  W.  F.  Watkins,  D.D.,  March  24th,  1890. 
Rev.  A.  B.  Conger,  March  31st,  1890. 


237 


'90'S  MATHEMATICAL  CLUB. 

Organized  in  Sophomore  Year. 


President:  John  Barker. 
Secretary:  J.  Hartley  Merrick. 


Vice-President:  Benjamin  C.  Allen. 
Treasurer:  Lewis  Audenried. 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

J.  M.  Mitcheson,  Chairman. 
G.  H.  Dennison.  F.  B.  Neilson. 

D.  V.  Newlin.  W.  H.  Trotter,  Jr. 


B.  C.  Allen. 

J.  H.  Brinton,  Jr. 

H.  A.  Little. 

F.  B.  Neilson. 

L.  Audenried. 

J.  W.  Coulston,  Jr. 


MEMBERS. 

J.  H.  Merrick. 
D.  V.  Newlin. 
J.  Barker. 
G.  H.  Dennison. 
J.  M.  Mitcheson. 
W.  H.  Patterson. 
W.  H.  Trotter,  Jr. 


238 


LECTURE  ASSOCIATION 


President:  Dr.  William  Pepper. 
Vice-Presidents: 


Mrs.  Thomas  McKeau. 
Mrs.  Matthew  Baird. 
Mrs.  Thomas  A.  Scott. 
Mrs.  Clarence  S.  Bement. 
Miss  M.  A.  Burnham. 
Treasurer:  Mrs.  William  Hunt. 

EXECUTIVE 
Mrs.  William  H.  Arrott. 
Rev.  Jesse  Y.  Burk. 
Mrs.  Matthew  Baird. 
Mrs.  Clarence  S.  Bement. 
Miss  Frances  E.  Bennett. 
Miss  Clark.  , 

Mrs.  Clarence  H.  Clark. 
Mr.  Edward  H.  Coates. 
Mrs.  Geo.  Dawson  Coleman. 
Miss  Clementine  Cope. 
Gen.  S.  Wylie  Crawford. 
Mrs  John  R.  Drexel. 
Mrs.  Horace  Binney  Hare. 
Mr.  J.  Campbell  Harris. 
Mrs.  Charles  C.  Harrison. 
Mr.  Thomas  Hockley. 
Mrs.  Edward  F.  Hoffman. 
Mrs.  Wm.  Hunt. 
Mr.  Charles  H.  Hutchinson. 
Mr.  H.  LaBarre  Jayne. 
Dr.  William  H.  Klapp. 
Dr.  Francis  W.  Lewis. 
Miss  Bertha  Lewis. 
Mrs.  J.  Dundas  Lippincott. 


Mr.  Wayne  MacVeagh. 
Dr.  S.  Weir  Mitchell. 
Mr.  Talcott  Williams. 
Mr.  Joseph  S.  Harris. 
Mr.  Jay  Cooke,  Jr. 

Secretary:  George  Henderson. 

COMMITTEE. 

Mrs.  Samuel  Lucas. 
Prof.  James  MacAlister. 
Mr.  George  F.  Martin. 
Mrs.  William  A.  Lamberton. 
Mrs.  J.  Bertram  Lippincott. 
Mrs.  Thomas  McKean. 
Dr.  Weir  Mitchell. 
Mr.  Joseph  Moore,  Jr. 
Mrs.  Byron  P.  Moulton. 
Miss  Mary  Newhall. 
Mr.  J.  Rodman  Paul. 
Miss  Charlotte  Pendleton. 
Mrs.  William  Pepper. 
Hon.  Henry  Reed. 
Mrs.  John  E.  Reyburn. 
Mr.  J.  G.  Rosengarten. 
Mrs.  P.  F.  Rothermel,  Jr. 
Mr.  John  C.  Sims,  Jr. 
Mr.  John  W.  Townsend. 
Mr.  James  S.  Whitney. 
Mrs.  Caspar  Wister. 
Mr.  Walter  Wood. 
Miss  Edith  Wright. 
Mr.  Ellis  Yarnall. 


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'9o'S  RACKET  CLUB. 


Lewis  Audenried. 
John  Hill  Brinton,  Jr. 
Joseph  Warren  Coulston,  Jr. 
George  Herbert  Dennison. 
De  Lancey  Verplanck  Newlin. 
Frederick  Brooke  Neilson. 
William  Hahn  Patterson. 


James  Hartley  Merrick. 
Henry  Riley  Gummey,  Jr. 
William  Henry  Trotter,  Jr. 
George  David  Rosengarten,  Jr. 
Henry  Warren  Kilburn  Hale. 
John  Joseph  Borie. 
William  Oglesby  Griffith. 


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'9i'S  QUAT  CLUB. 


MEMBERS. 
W.  G.  Knowles,  A.  <P. 
E.  A.  Shumway,  I.  #. 
J.  H.  Terry,  K.  <P. 
H.  C.  Wood,  Q.  <I>. 


'9fS  OWL  CLUB. 


Richard  Field.  Topliff  Johnson. 

Walter  Rowland.  William  H.  Ashhurst. 

F.  C.  Williams. 


LITTLE   "ARTOIS"  GOODSPEED'S   "DIVER- 
TISSEMENT" CLUB. 


Organized  in  Junior  Year. 


Chief  Irritant:  "  Artois  "  W.  Goodspeed. 

ist  Counter-irritant:  "  Warrie"  Coulston. 
2d  Counter-irritant:  Hartley  "Mahrock." 


ABLE-BODIED  DISTURBERS. 
Joe  "Why"  Mitcheson. 

Little  Bertie  "Danah." 

Freddie  "  Darlingle  "  Neilson. 

"De  Lancois  Spring-board  "  Newlin. 

Brinton,  the  Indian  Boy. 
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ALPHABET. 


stands  for  this  Alphabet,  in  which  are  portrayed 
A  few  of  the  features  of  which  ."  Profs  "  are  made. 

B  is  for  Barker,  B-whiskered  and  fat: 

His  sole  object  in  life's  to  get  into  a  "  spat." 

C  is  for  Cheyney  and  Crawley  and  Clarke, 

The  latter  of  whom  has  "Mus.  Doc."  as  his  mark. 

D  is  for  Dolley,  of  General  Biology, 

Whom  Nicholson  thought  would  be  his  terminology. 

E  is  for  Easton,  whose  language  is  thick, 

But  whose  knowledge  of  languages  seems  like  a  trick. 

F  is  for  Fullerton,  Plato's  ideal 

Of  all  that  is  scholarly,  gentle  and  real. 

G  is  for  Goodspeed,  so  lowly  of  mien, 

Whose  height  it  is  short,  but  whose  tongue's  full  of  spleen. 

H  is  for  Haupt,  of  Engineer's  fame, 

Whose  learning  is  only  excelled  by  his  name. 

I  stands  for  the  Interest  which  few  students  take 
In  whatever  is  done  for  the  'Varsity's  sake. 

J  is  for  Jackson,  with  his  ill-fitting  coats, 

And  his  iron-gray  beard  that  resembles  a  goat's. 

K  is  for  Kendall,  our  cherished  ex-Dean, 

Whose  hair  is  snow-white  and  whose  intellect's  keen. 

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L  is  for  L,amberton,  dull  pedagogue, 

Whom  the  students  have  nicknamed  the  Prize  "Woolly  Dog." 

M  is  for  McElroy,  Marks  and  McMaster, 

Whose  heads  are  all  swollen  like  so  much  wet  plaster. 

N  stands  for  the  Nonsense  that  used  to  be  rife 
In  Muhlenberg's  room.     It  nigh  cost  him  his  life. 

0  is  for  "  Otto,"  who  used  to  sell  beers, 

But  "  High  License  "  came  in,  and  that  gave  him  the  "  queers." 

P  is  for  "  Pomp,"  whose  age  is  unknown, 

That  his  breath  is  much  older  most  clearly  is  shown. 

Q  stands  for  the  Questions  which  Newlin  propounds 
(Whose  "  sang  froid"  appears  to  be  out  of  all  bounds). 

R  is  for  Richards,  our  kind  Architect, 

Whom  the  students  all  treat  with  the  greatest  respect  (?). 

S  is  for  Schelling,  who  from  "  Saintsbury  "  steals — 
So  small  a  result  does  he  get  from  his  meals. 

T  stands  for  Thompson,  who  cries  to  the  Queen, 
"  Give  Oireland  Home  Rule,  ye  dirty  spalpeen  !  " 

U  stands  for  an  Underling,  "Pluto"  by  name, 
Who  works  down  below  and  enkindles  the  flame. 

V  is  the  Vengeance  the  Faculty  take 

On  all  who  the  laws  of  the  'Varsity  break. 

W's  the  letter  initial  of  Work, 

Which  from  Freshman  to  Senior  year  all  try  to  shirk. 

X  stands  for  'Xcuse,  the  students'  resort, 

For  which  Truth's  at  a  discount,  when  reason's  run  short. 

Y  stands  for  the  Yawns  to  which  students  give  vent 
When  their  interest  in  lectures  is  pretty  near  spent. 

Z  is  for  Zeus,  to  whom  we  commend 

All  the  subjects  above — for  this  is  the  end. 


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SCRAP  BASKET. 


PROF.  SCHEMING  (in  desperation  to  Brinton,  who  has  been 
questioned  on  the  whole  recitation  in  the  hopes  of  some 
information  being  extracted):    "Mr.  Brinton,  what  part  of 
the  subject  are  you  familiar  with  ?" 
Brinton  (after  nervous  hesitation):  "  Well,  sir,  that's  for  you 
to  find  out." 


Prof.  Schelung  (immediately  after  the  above,  to  Coulston, 
who  has  been  carefully  ' '  boning-  up  ' '  previous  to  an  expected  reci- 
tation): "  Mr.  Coulston,  I  shall  expect  an  unusual  recitation  from 
you,  as  you  have  had  opportunities  that  Mr.  Brinton  had  not" 
(N.B. — Brinton  had  no  book.) 


Prof.  Barker  (during  lecture  on  Physics):  "Gentlemen,  I 
have  long  since  washed  my  hands" — (L,oud  applause  and  cries  of 
doubt  on  all  sides). 


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Scene — Another  recitation  in  Schelling's  room.  "  Del  "  New- 
lin  on  deck.  Schelling  asks  him  a  few  searching  questions,  which 
Newlin  waives  without  answering.  Finally  "  Del  "  meekly  says  : 
"  Mr.  Schelling,  won't  you  please  make  your  questions  a  little 
more  general  ?  " 


ScHEiyiviNG  (lecturing):  "You  know,  gentlemen,  Nelson's 
moral  character  was  not  of  the  highest. ' '  (Interrupted  by  shouts  of 
14  What's  the  matter  with  Freddie,"  etc.) 

Scheming  (bowing) :  "  I  mean  Lord  Nelson,  of  course.  I  hope 
that  is  not  true  of  Mr.  Neilson  !  " 


Barker:  "  Gentlemen,  I  want  you  to  feel  when  you  leave  this 
room  that  you  have  gained  some  benefit.  • ' 

Merrick  {sotto  voce):  "  Yes,  the  benefit  of  getting  out." 


Proe.  Fuli,ERTOn:    "  Well,  Mr.  Brinton,  if  there  are  two  affir- 
mative premises,  what  about  the  conclusion  ?" 
Brinton:  "It's  all  right." 


Goodspeed:  "  Come  now,  Mr.  Zimmerman,  can't  you  tell  me 
what  a  pendulum  is  ?  " 

Zimmerman  (after  some  hesitation):  "  A  heavy  weight — tied 
by  a  string. ' ' 

Goodspeed:  "A  horse  tied  to  a  post,  for  example." 


Goodspeed:  "  Can  sound  be  produced  in  vacuum?" 

Truitt:  "  If  you  make  a  sound  in  a  vacuum  there  wouldn't  be 
any  sound." 

Goodspeed:  ' '  Well,  would  sound  be  more  or  less  easily  heard  in 
a  very  dense  atmosphere  than  in  the  ordinary  one  ?" 

Truitt:    "Yes." 

Goodspeed:  "That  will  do,  Mr.  Truitt." 

Mitcheson  (reading  Juv.  xiv.  251,  in  his  customary  manner): 
"  Jam  torquet  juvenem  longa  et  cervina  senectus,"  "  Actually  the 
old  man  tortures  the  young  man." 

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Jackson  (in  his  most  dulcet  tones):  "  Perhaps  he  does." 
Mitcheson  (reading  Latin  in  his  customary  manner,  Horace 
Carm.  III.  2,20):     "Arbitrio  popularis  aurae,"    "  By  the  judgment 
of  a  popular  air." 

Jackson  (in  his  most  dulcet  tones):    "  'Sweet  Violets,'  for  ex- 
ample? ' ' 


Prof.  Fullerton  :  ' '  Can  mathematicians  add  nothing  to  one  ?'  '■ 
Merrick:    "  They  think  they  can." 


Diggles  (detailing  the  life  of  Dean  Swift):  "  He  took  holy 
orders  and  afterward  became  Dean  of  St.  Bridget's." 

Scheleing:  "Put  it  in  the  masculine,  Mr.  Diggles."  [Loud 
and  prolonged  applause.] 


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QUOTATIONS. 


LiTTLB: 

"  Man  wants  but  little  here  below,  but  wants  that  little  long." 
W.  S.  Miixer: 

"  Some  are  born  great;  some  achieve  greatness;  and  some  have 
greatness  thrust  upon  them." 
K — nd — LL,  Jr.  : 

"  And  in  his  hand  did  bear  a  bousing  can." 
Dennison: 

"  A  knight  that  had  the  bone  ache." 
W.  O.  Griffith: 

' '  With  lokkes  crulle 
As  they  were  laid  in  presse." 


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Gummey: 

"  The  lad}-  doth  protest  too  much,  methinks." 
P— mp: 

"  The  rankest  compound  of  villainous  smell  that  ever  offended 
nostril." — "There's    something  rotten   in  the  state    of 
Denmark." 
Nicholson  : 

"  Beatus  Fannius,  ultro;  delatis  capsis  et  imagine." 
Sp— ngl— r: 

<l  I  have  cast  mine  eye  upon  thy  form." 
Burke : 

"  O  this  learning!     What  a  thing  it  is!  " 
Newlin  : 

"  Inconstant  man,  that  loved  all  he  saw; 
O  who  doth  know  the  bent  of  woman's  fantasy!  " 
Ogden: 

Face  :   "  Do  but  collect,  sir,  where  I  met  you  first  !  " 

Subtle  :  "  I  do  not  hear  well." 

Face :  "  But  I  shall  put  you  in  mind,  sir;  at  Pie  Corner." 
K — nd — ll,  Sr.  : 

"  Neither  shall  his  Pomp  follow  him." 
Trotter : 

"  A  buck  of  the  first  head." 
Zimmerman: 

11  Babbled  of  green  fields." 
Neilson: 

4 '  Egregiously  an  ass !  ' ' 
Field: 

"What's  in  a  name?      That  which  we  call  a  rose,   by    any 
other  name  would  smell  as  sweet." 
B-rk-r,  G.  F.: 

"  The  devil  hath  power  to  assume  a  pleasing  (?)  shape." 
Truitt: 

"  Now  may  Jove,  in  his  next  commodity  of  hair,  send  thee  a 
beard ! ' ' 

SCHERMERHORN : 

"  That  skull  had  a  tongue  in  it,  and  could  sing  once." 

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Farr: 

11  A  villain  with  a  smiling  cheek." 
Mitcheson: 

"  Marry,  he  hath  a  question  ever  in  his  mouth." 
Barr: 

' '  His  life  was  gentle,  and  the  elements 
So  mixed  in  him  that  nature  might  stand  up 
And  say  to  all  the  world,  '  This  was  a  man! '  " 
Merrick: 

"  And  the  band  played  '  Annie  Laurie.'  " 
Stoddart: 

"  O  tiger's  heart,  wrapped  in  a  woman's  hide." 
D — n  J — yn — : 

"  Horatio,  thou  art  e'en  as  just  a  man  as  e'er  my  conversation 
coped  withal." 
Stevens: 

"The  ladies  call  him  sweet." 
Rosengarten: 

"  God  made  him,  and  therefore  let  him  pass  for  a  man." 
F — ll — RT — n: 

' «  Hast  any  philosophy  in  thee,  shepherd  ? ' ' 
F— c— lty: 

"  Oh,  reform  it  altogether." 
Mayer: 

"  Rob  me  the  exchequer  the  first  thing  thou  dost." 
Patterson: 

11  He  of  the  kitten's  countenance  ?     His  name  is  Loquax." 
Brinton: 

"  He  was  a  man  of  an  unbounded  stomach." 
K— n— g: 

"  Nay,  let  me  alone  for  swearing." 
Coulston  : 

' '  He  was  as  fresshe  as  is  the  monthe  of  May. ' ' 

A.  H.  P.  L f: 

"  Along  with  them 
They  brought  one  Pinch,  a  hungry,  lean-faced  villain, 
A  mere  anatomy,  a  mountebank." 

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Lloyd : 

11  Truly,  I  would  the  gods  had  made  thee  poetical!  " 
Burger: 

11  Nay,fl  am  impervious  to  his  tricks!  " 
Ramsey: 

"It   is   a   melancholy   of    mine   own,    compounded  of   many 
simples     .     .     .     which,  by  often  rumination,  wraps  me 
in  a  most  humorous  sadness." 
Walton: 

11  Take,  O  take  those  lips  away." 
ston: 

11  Speaking  thick,  which  nature  made  his  blemish." 
Hale: 

"  Sweets  to  the  sweet." 
Audenried  : 

"  Talkers  are  no  good  doers." 
S— DTL— R: 

"  This  was  known  a' ready  to  the  alchemists." 
Jefferys: 

"  Nay,  I  bear  a  charmed  life.     I  am  not  in  the  roll  of  common 
men." 
Miller,  C.  W: 

"The  fair,  the  chaste  and  unexpressive  she." 
Burk: 

"  How  dost  thou,  Benedick,  the  married  man  ?" 
Dr.  Sm — th: 

"  Flay  not  thy  servant  for  a  broken  glass,  nor  pound  him  in  a 
mortar  who  offendeth  thee." 
Mc — LR — y: 

"  O  that  men  should  put  an  enemy  in  their  mouths  to  steal 
away  their  brains ! ' ' 
J— cks — n: 

"  Away  with  him!  away  with  him!     He  speaks  Latin!  " 


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' '  The  Record  ' '  Committee  desires  to  extend  its  acknowledgments 
to  the  following  gentlemen,  who  have  materially  aided  the  Committee  in 
its  work: — 

Hoeden  B.  Schermerhorn,  Design  for  Cover  and  Sketches. 
Wieeiam  G.  B.  Hareand,  M.D.,      James  C.  Irwin, 
M.  M.  Feustmann,  Jos.  MacG.  Mitcheson. 


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Five  to  Fifty  Dollars  per  annum,  according  to  size  and  location,  the  renter  alone 
holding  the  key.  Every  convenience  in  the  way  of  private  desks,  writing  mate- 
rials, etc.,  furnished  to  safe  renters.  Ample  facilities  for  the  safe  keeping  of  silver- 
ware, jewelry,  etc. 

A    LADIES'    ROOM 

has  been  provided,  with  all  conveniences  for  ladies  while  transacting  their  Banking 
business,  under  the  charge  of  a  competent  attendant. 

The  public  are  cordially  invited  to  examine  our  Banking  room  any  day  dur- 
ing business  hours. 

President,  G.  W.  MARSH. 
Cashier,  John  Hayes.  Solicitor,  John  S.  McKinley. 


Granville  B.  Haines, 
Louis  Dreka, 
D.  P.  S.  Nichols, 


DIRECTORS: 
C.  N.  Shellenberger, 
Henry  Van  Beil, 
Charles  McFadden, 
Chas.  C.  Torr. 

VIII 


M.D. 


G.  W.  Marsh, 

Samuel  Lucas, 
J.  T.  Jackson, 


QUEEN  &  CO. 


Optical  Lanterns  and  Views. 


Mathematical  instruments* 
Paper,  etc. 


924  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


XI 


TiredBi 


ram 

Horsford's  Acid   Phosphate, 

Prepared  aeoording   to  the  direetions  of 
Prof.   E.  fi.   Horsford. 

This  preparation  is  a  brain  food.     It  increases  the  capacity  for  mental 

labor,  and  acts  as  a  general  tonic  and  vitalizer.     It  rests 

the  tired  brain  and  imparts  thereto  new 

life  and  energy. 


DR.   D.   P.   CDgCLiURE,    Rantoul,   111.,   says  : 

"  Very  beneficial  to  strengthen  the  intellect." 

DR.  O.  C.  STOUT,  Syraeuse,  fl.  Y.,  says: 

"I  gave  it  to  one  patient  who  was  unable  to  transact  the  most  ordi- 
nary business,  because  his  brain  was  '  tired  and  confused '  upon  the  least 
mental  exertion.     Immediate  benefit  and  ultimate  recovery  followed." 

DR.  CHflS.  T.  CQITCHElilj,  Canandaigua,  5-  V.,  says: 

"  I  recommend  it  as  a  restorative  in  all  cases  where  the  nervous  sys- 
tem has  been  reduced  below  the  normal  standard  by  overwork,  as  found  in 
brain  workers,  professional  men,  teachers,  students,  etc." 

DR.  p.  CU.  IiVTIxE,  Uebanon,  111.,  says  : 

"  I  have  personally  used  it  with  marked  advantage  when  overworked 
and  the  nervous  system  much  depressed." 

DR.  E.  CC1.  ROBERTSON,  Cleveland,  O.,  says  : 

"  Can  cordially  recommend  it  as  a  brain  and  nerve  tonic." 


Descriptive  pamphlet  free  on  application  to 

RUMFORD   CHEMICAL  WORKS,  Providence,  R.  I. 

BEU4ARE    OF    SUBSTITUTES    fl^D    UVUTATIOfiS. 

CAUTION.— Be  sure  the  word  "Horsford's"  is  printed  on  the  label.      All  others 
are  spurious.     Never  sold  in  bulk. 


leadir^  pijoto^ra pliers 


1030   OlE5TNCJT  5TREET, 

ah£  820  Arch  Street, 


HIGH-CLASS  WORK  AT  POPULAR  PRICES. 
SPECIAL    RATES   TO    STUDENTS. 

COLLEGE  GROUPS  A  SPECIALTY. 

Estimates  Cheerfully  Givfn. 


porter  (\  (£oates. 


*  BOOKS  « 


900  gh 


Philadelphia. 


estnut  street,   [c nnaaeipi 
All  Books  at  Lowest  Prices. 


Our  stock  of  books  is  now 
complete  in  all  depart- 
ments. Our  assortment 
of  current  literature  is  also 
full,  so  that  we  can  safely 
say  that  we  have  the 
largest  and  best  assorted 
stock  in  the  country. 


3tationb^  DEPAIVmBNT. 

Engraved  in  the  highest  style  of  the  Art,  and  in  the 
WEDDING  latest  and  most  correct  form. 

INVITATIONS  Especial  Attention  given  to  Die  Sinking,  Monograms 

and  Crests. 

PORTER   CT  COATE3, 


Ninth  <y  Chestnut, 


Philadelphia,  Pa. 


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JEWELRY    DEPARTMENT 

At  the  Recent  Grand  Arch  Council  of 

"The  Phi  Kappa  Psi  " 

fraternity,  we  were  authorized  to  manufacture  the 
fraternity  jewelry.  We  are  prepared  at  all  times  to 
furnish  designs  and  estimates  for  sporting  events. 

SIMONS 

618  Chestnut  St.  BRO.  613  Sansom  St. 

&  CO. 


DREKA 


Fine  Stationery  and  Engraving  House, 

1121  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Commencement,  Class  Day,  Fraternity,  Reception  and 
Wedding  Invitations,  Programmes,  Banquet  Menus, etc. 
Steel  Plate  Work  for  Fraternities  and  College  Annuals. 
Fine  Stationery  with  Fraternity  or  Class  Badge,  Mono- 
gram, etc. 

Visiting  Card  Plate  engraved  for  One  Dollar. 
100  Cards  from  the  Plate  for  One  Dollar. 

All  work  is  executed  in  the  establishment  under  our  personal  supervision,  and 
only  in  the  best  manner.  Unequalled  facilities  and  long  practical  experience 
enable  us  to  produce  the  newest  styles  and  most  artistic  effects,  while  our  repu- 
tation is  a  guarantee  of  the  quality  of  the  productions  of  this  house. 

Designs,  Samples  and  Prices  sent  on  application. 

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/}m<?rieai?  pire  lF)Surai)e<?  <?o. 


Office,  Company's  Building, 


308  ar)d  310  U/alput  St.,  pt>ilad<?lpl?ia 


Sfe^fe<3£&£ife-3! 

IMF 

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CASH  CAPITAL, $500,000.00 

Reserved  for  Reinsurance  and  all  other  claims,  1,733,053.18 

Surplus  over  all  Liabilities,  ....  409,616.79 

TOTAL  ASSETS,  JAN.  1,   1890, 

$2,642,669.97. 


THOS.  H.  MONTGOMERY,  President. 

CHAS.  P.  PEROT,    Vice-President. 

RICHARD  MARIS,  Secretary. 

JAMES  B.  YOUNG,  Actuary. 


DIRECTORS 


THOS.  H.  MONTGOMERY, 
JOHN  T.  LEWIS, 
ISRAEL  MORRIS, 
PEMBERTON  S.  HUTCHINSON, 


ALEXANDER  BIDDLE, 
CHARLES  P.  PEROT, 
JOSEPH  E.  GILLINGHAM, 
SAMUEL  WELSH,  Jr., 


CHAS.  S.  WHELEN. 


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J.  W.  rBoWei? 

22  ^orfl}  T^nf^  Sf. 
Hil^elplji* 


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Running,  Jumping,  Bicycle, 

Walking,  Tennis  and 

All   Kinds   of  Athletic   Shoes   a 

Specialty 


SATISFACTION 
GUARANTEED 

A   TRIAL  SOLICITED 


SADIES'  AMD 
GENTLEMEN'S 

FINE   GiaToA 

SOOT 
AND  3HOE 


WEBSTER'S  UNABRIDGED. 


WITH   OR  WITHOUT   PATENT  INDEX. 


3000  more  Words  and  nearly  2000  more  Il- 
lustrations than  any  other  American  Diction- 
ary.   "  Invaluable  in  Schools  and  Families." 


A  DICTIONARY 

118,000  Words,  3000  Engravings, 

A  GAZETTEER  OF  THE  WORLD 

locating  and  describing  25,000  places, 

A  BIOGRAPHICAL  DICTIONARY 

of  nearly  10,000  Noted  Persons, 

A  DICTIONARY  OF  FICTION 

found  only  in  Webster, 

ALL  IN  ONE  BOOK. 


Webster  is  Standard  Authority  in  the  Government  Printing  Office,  and  with  the  U.  S. 

Supreme  Court.    It  is  recommended  by  State  Sup'ts  of  Schools  of  36  States. 
Published  by  G.  &  C.  MERRIAM  &  CO.,  Springfield,  Mass.  Illustrated  Pamphlet  free. 


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the  CHAS.  H.  ELLIOTT  CO. 


COLLEGE 


COMMENCEMENT 
CLASS    DAY 
SOCIETY 
WEDDING 
INVITATIONS 


ENGRAVERS    AND  visiting  cards 

•   •   •    STATIONERS  plate  +  50  for  $1 

ADDRESS    DIES 
MONOGRAMS 
COATS   OF   ARMS 


912   FILBERT   STREET  p 

834   CHESTNUT   STREET  PHILADELPHIA 


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as  in  everything  else,  requires  a  spe- 
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or  piece  of  work  in  hand  ; 

We  practice  this   method  from   the   beginning  to   the 
end  of  our  business,  and,  of  course,  it  pays. 

SHEERER  &  GIBB, 

FIRST-CLASS  TAILORS, 

PERFECT  FITTING   AND  ///0     ^/Al^JJJ   ST.,   PHIL  A. 

FAIR   PRICES. 

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and  Printing  from  Steel  Plates. 


$0e  (Umque  ©estgns  in  college  work 

issued  by  us  in  the  past,  and  extensively  copied, 
are  the  most  effective  recognition  by  the  trade 
of  the  originality  and  excellence  of  out  work 
over  all  competitors. 

OEebbmg  3n&ifaftOn6,  also  Fine  Station- 
ery of  every  description  in  fashionable  styles. 
Your  correspondence  solicited. 

E.  a.  WRIQHT, 

Engraver,  Printer,  Stationer, 

1032  Chestnut  St.,    ~     Phila. 

Visiting  Cards  Plate  Engraved  and  50  Cards 
for   $1.00. 


John  Cadwalader,  Pres.     Charles  Henry  Jones,  Vice-Pres.     J.  Waln  Vaux,  Treas. 


-DIRECTORS- 


William  G.  Audenried,  Adam  S.  Conway,  Charles  C.  Harrison, 

George  F.  Baer,  Samuel  Dickson,  John  N.  Hutchinson, 

T.  Wistar  Brown,  Henry  L.  Gaw,  jr.,  Jacob  Muhr, 
John  Cadwalader, 


W.lliam  F.  Read. 
Joseph  R.  Wainwright, 
"Isaac  J.  Wistar. 


Stye  ©rust  4lompang  of  Nortl)  America, 

5°3»  5°5  ^  5°7  y?e5ti>ut  St.,  Philadelphia. 


CAPITAL,  $1,000,000.         CHARTER  PERPETUAL. 

Tm<;t    Rt    Safp    DpnnQlt   Pn        Special  safes  and  separate  department  for  ladies.     Plate  and 
I  luai   m.   oaic    ucpuaiL   V^U.      other  valuables  received  on  storage  for  very  reasonable  charges. 
Wills  deposited  in  the  vaults  without  charge. 

Savinnr    Fund    Dfnartmpnt       Pays  3%  percent,  on  deposits,  returnable  on  ten  days'  notice 
OdVing    TUflU    L/epcU  iriieni.      Acycoun(s  Df  minors  received  and  payable  to  them  directly. 

This  Company  acts  as  executor,  administrator,  guardian,  trustee,  committee,  assignee,  receiver,  and 
in  all  agencies  or  other  fiduciary  relations. 


Receives  deposits  on  the  following  terms  : 

General  Accounts,  payable  on  demand. 
General  Accounts,  payable  on  ten  days'  notice, 
Accounts  of  all  public  and  charitable  institutions, 


2  per  cent. 

3  percent. 

3  per  cent,  on  demand. 


Advances  moneys  on  real  estate  operations  and  insures  titles  to  real  estate,  mortgages,  etc.    Becomes 
surety  on  appeals,  and  for  any  trust  or  office.    Letters  of  credit  and  passports  provided. 

TELEPHONE  No.    I041. 

XVII 


T  A  7HEN  nations  try  to  civilize 
^  ^       Some  race  that  yet  in  darkness  lies, 
And  soldiers  march  by  trumpet  blare 
To  shoot  them  here  and  punch  them  there, 
Some  blessed  with  philanthropic  mind 
In  other  ways  their  hearts  can  find. 
New  teeth  in  dusky  jaws  they  set 
That  gum  to  gum  for  years  have  met. 
To  hold  their  place  in  spite  of  crust 
Till  heads  are  moulding  in  the  dust, 
The  Dental  Manufacturing  Co. 
Of  Wilmington  all  Dentist's  know, 
Gold  foil,  and  Silk,  both  waxed  and  plain 
And  Rubber  Dam  they  there  obtain, 
For  when  a  fine  supply  they  need 
To  Philadelphia  they  speed, 
Or  send  an  order  there  instead, 
That  soon  in  Filbert  Street  is  read, 
At  Fourteen  hundred  and  Thirteen 
They  find  the  sort  of  goods  I  mean." 


No.  4.    Copyrighted 


The  Wilmington  Dental  M  f'G  Co. 


